Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 5:31 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2000, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 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 23:34 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, 5:37 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
807 WUUS53 KGLD 232331 SVRGLD KSC181-240030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 531 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 630 PM MDT * AT 531 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GOODLAND AT 540 PM MDT EDSON AT 555 PM MDT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE...HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. $$ SVEN LAT...LON 3927 10188 3914 10172 3938 10136 3954 10156
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, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 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
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:52 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ080-081-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 452 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND A PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT). THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW. IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON... SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE... GREELEY...AND WICHITA. HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS AREA FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BULLER
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:08 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM 4 E CULBERTSON NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/23/00 HITCHCOCK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0420 PM 3 S PERRY NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/23/00 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0425 PM 4 W GOODLAND KS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/00 SHERMAN
0425 PM 2 W GOODLAND KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/00 SHERMAN
0428 PM 2 E MC COOK NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/23/00 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0430 PM 4 N BARTLEY NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/23/00 RED WILLOW REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
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ZCZC TOPMTTCBK GLD
SXUS43 KGLD 232314
METAR KCBK 232314Z AUTO 18008KT 32/ 12 A2976 RMK A01 T0317 PCPN 000
NThe 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, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 57 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, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.