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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Goodland, KS

June 23, 2000Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 3:33 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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 23, 2000, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 4:25 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 57 M	Goodland, KS

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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

742 
WUUS53 KGLD 232133
SVRGLD
KSC181-232230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
333 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 333 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA.

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

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT STAND BY
WINDOWS. UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY...AVOID USING TELEPHONES...
COMPUTERS...AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

$$

SVEN

LAT...LON 3939 10201 3935 10139 3956 10140 3956 10182
          3955 10202

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 23, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
229 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000

...CHALLENGES ARE POPS EACH PERIOD AND TEMPS ON SUN...

TSRAS POPPING UP A LITTLE EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY. WV/IR CHANNEL
SHOWS DRIER AIR PUNCHING IN AT MID TO HIGH LEVELS FROM SW. ALSO
ASSOCIATED VORT MAX IN SE CO SHOULD MOVE INTO SW KS SHORTLY. THIS
AREA TO KICK OFF (ONGOING) TSRAS AND THEN MOVE MOSTLY ENE. THINK
CONCENTRATION OF TSRAS TO BE IN S/SE PTN MY CWA TONIGHT AND IN DDCS.
LOTS OF CLOUDINESS MOST OF NIGHT.

AGAIN AT INITIALIZATION ETA LOOKED BETTER ALOFT IN NRN TX AND ALSO
IN DAKOTAS. SEEMED ALSO TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE REP AT SFC. WILL
CONTINUE WITH ETA.

AS NOTED ABOVE VORT MAX MOVES ACROSS SW KS TONIGHT. HOWEVER LOTS OF
MOIST AIR EVERYWHERE IN CWA. ONLY SLIGHT SIGN OF DRYLINE IN FAR NW.
EXPECT THIS TO EXPAND (ACTUALLY DRYING FROM ABOVE) AS
DRIER/SUBSIDIZING TONGUE MOVES INTO NW CWA FROM SW. POPS WILL RANGE
FROM 20 IN NW TO 60 IN SSE.

SAT MODELS SHOWS SLIGHTLY DRIER SITUATION WITH NO VORT MAX UNTIL
LATE EVENING AND THEN MOSTLY TO SOUTH. WILL GO WITH TEMPS IN 90S
AGAIN AND LOWER POPS FOR LATE IN DAY/NONE IN EAST.

SAT NIGHT COMPLICATIONS BEGIN WITH VORT MOVING NE TO E OF CWA AND
COOL FRONT BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PART OF CWA BY MORNING.
TEMPS SIMILAR TO TONIGHT AND POPS BEGINNING TO INCREASE FROM NE.

SUN STILL A LITTLE SHAKEY. LOOKS CURRENTLY AS IF FRONTAL SYSTEM
MAKES ITS WAY SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA FROM N TO S. INCREASING
CLOUDINESS ALL DAY AND POPS AT MAX IN CENTRAL CWA WHERE FRONT SPENDS
MOST OF DAY. ASSISTANCE FROM ALOFT IN FORM OF WEAK 70H TROUGH.
COOLER IN NORTH AND SLOWLY COOLING IN SOUTH AS FRONT PASSES.

IN EXTENDED TROUGH CONTINUES TO ASSIST POSSIBILITIES OF
PRECIP...MORE LIKELY THE SHOWERY TYPE WITH EASTERLY WINDS AND LOTS
OF UPSLOPE CLOUDINESS. ECM AND MRF HAVE FINALLY COME INTO AGREEMENT
WHICH INDICATES NW FLOW IS STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH SFC HIGH INTO
REGION WITH ENOUGH STRENGTH TO STAY A DAY OR SO. WILL GO WITH DRY ON
MON PM THRU TUE. HIGHS IN 70S AND LOWER 80S. DISSIPATION BEGINS LATE
TUE AND RETURN OF HEAT AND POSSIBILITIES OF TSRAS BY MIDWEEK.

.GLD...NONE.

RJC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:40 AM MDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TORNADO LOCATION
SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 AM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    19 S YUMA                 CO   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   YUMA

0540 PM    8 N BETHUNE               CO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   KIT CARSON

0540 PM    8 N BETHUNE               CO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/00   KIT CARSON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0540 PM    BETHUNE                   CO   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/00   KIT CARSON                     BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF

0603 PM    4 W IDALIA                CO   TORNADO
06/22/00   YUMA

0605 PM    15 N BETHUNE              CO   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   KIT CARSON                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0617 PM    2 S IDALIA                CO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   YUMA

0620 PM    IDALIA                    CO   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   YUMA

0620 PM    IDALIA                    CO   69 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/00   YUMA

0630 PM    HALE                      CO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   YUMA                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0630 PM    HALE                      CO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/00   YUMA                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0630 PM    HALE                      CO   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/00   YUMA                           NUMEROUS 1-2 INCH
                                          DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN

0636 PM    3 W ST FRANCIS            KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   CHEYENNE

0640 PM    2 E HALE                  CO   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/00   YUMA

0640 PM    2 E HALE                  CO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   YUMA

0657 PM    5 N ST FRANCIS            KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   CHEYENNE

0712 PM    1 W ST FRANCIS            KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   CHEYENNE

0716 PM    BIRD CITY ARPT            KS   63 MPH TSTM GUST
06/22/00   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0735 PM    10 SW LEOTI               KS   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   WICHITA

0810 PM    9 SSE BIRD CITY           KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0825 PM    10 SE BIRD CITY           KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0827 PM    6 NE EDSON                KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0830 PM    12 S MC DONALD            KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   RAWLINS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0900 PM    12 NE COLBY               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0900 PM    11 N COLBY                KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0900 PM    16 S ATWOOD               KS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   RAWLINS                        REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0915 PM    12 S ATWOOD               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   RAWLINS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0924 PM    9 W HOXIE                 KS   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   SHERIDAN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0925 PM    7 W HOXIE                 KS   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   SHERIDAN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0929 PM    9 S OBERLIN               KS   1 INCH HAIL
06/22/00   DECATUR                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

KPL

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:41 AM MDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-240600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1041 AM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000

HERE IS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE SHOULD REMAIN OVER EASTERN COLORADO
ALTHOUGH IT IS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST TODAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

THIS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
COLORADO AFTER NOON MDT. THESE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO GOODLAND TO TRIBUNE.

SINCE THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT THAT STRONG IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOIST AIR MASS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

BULLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	64 min
Jun 22, 6:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
Jun 22, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	67 min
Jun 22, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	66 min
Jun 22, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	30 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	57 min
Jun 22, 8:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	66 min
Jun 22, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	62 min
Jun 22, 9:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	49 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	61 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	50 min
Jun 22, 11:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	36 min
Jun 23, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	59 min
Jun 23, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	57 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	59 min
Jun 23, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	67 min

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.