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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 2000Decatur County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 10:55 PM CDT for Decatur County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2000, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

927 
WUUS53 KGLD 230355
SVRGLD
KSC039-179-230445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DRESDEN...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES NORTH OF HOXIE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...TASCO...SELDEN...
LEOVILLE...KANONA...JENNINGS AND HOXIE.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

$$

SKIPPER

LAT...LON 4001 10025 3955 10070 3919 10028 3958 10018

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
Jun 22, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita67 min
Jun 22, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne66 min
Jun 22, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne30 min
Jun 22, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins57 min
Jun 22, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas66 min
Jun 22, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan62 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins49 min
Jun 22, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton61 min
Jun 23, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham36 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman57 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman59 min
Jun 23, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham57 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman59 min
Jun 23, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton67 min

Nearby

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Sources

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