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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Goodland, KS

June 10, 1999Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1999, 9:28 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1999, 9:28 PM MDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1999, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 9:40 PM MDTHail 2Burlington, CO
Jun 10, 10:10 PM MDTHail 2.75Peconic, COWindows broken out by large hail at farmstead.
Jun 10, 10:13 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 61Ruleton, KS
Jun 10, 10:30 PM MDTHail 1.75Ruleton, KSAll the windows on the west side of house broken by large hail.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1999-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1999-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 10, 8:38 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:38 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
836 PM MDT (936 PM CDT) THU JUN 10 1999

UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN CWA UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2 AM CDT). ALSO CONTINUED
MENTION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH
TONIGHT.

LATEST 02Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STALLED FRONT LYING NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST THROUGH GOODLAND. BEST DYNAMICS PLUS GOOD 25H JET COMING
TOGETHER OVER CWA THIS EVENING RESULTING IN GOOD THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MIGRATE
EAST AS AN MCS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TOMORROW.

DID NOT SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE TO ZONES AT THIS
TIME.

.GLD...SEV THUNDERSTORM WATCH COZ090>092
KSZ001-002-003-004-013-014-015-016-027-028-029 NEZ079-080-081

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman59 min
Jun 10, 11:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas61 min
Jun 11, 1:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas62 min
Jun 11, 1:38 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman87 min
Jun 11, 2:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan62 min
Jun 11, 2:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove59 min
Jun 11, 2:25 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDThomas3 hr
Jun 11, 3:11 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton59 min
Jun 11, 7:35 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur12 hr
Jun 10, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma64 min
Jun 10, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma59 min
Jun 10, 9:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma114 min
Jun 10, 11:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson59 min
Jun 10, 11:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.