Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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 29, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Levant, KS | Very strong Thunderstorm Winds over 60 MPH caused a semi-truck to overturn near Mile Marker 36 in Thomas County. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. Also, there were numerous reports of Golfball size Hail. Damage unknown. |
| Jun 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Colby, 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 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WUUS53 KGLD 300025 SVRGLD KSC193-300130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 724 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEVANT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COLBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COLBY AT 740 PM CDT GEM...MINGO AT 755 PM CDT HALFORD AT 800 PM CDT MENLO AT 815 PM CDT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. $$ LOCKHART
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 29, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 233 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...LOCATION AND CHANCE FOR STORMS MAIN CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE... THE DRYLINE HAS MOVED EAST OF KAKO AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR LIMON TO THE FAR EASTERN CORNER OF COLORADO AT 20Z. WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES HAVE SLOWED CONVECTION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECT INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF STORMS TO INCREASE AS STRONG DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES AND AS STORMS MOVE INTO VERY WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW. EXPECT CAPES TO EXCEED 3000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES TO DROP TO BETWEEN -8 AND -10 OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO BY 00Z. HAVE CHOSEN THE MESO ETA AS THE MODEL OF CHOICE. THE OTHER NCEP MODELS NOT HANDLING THE RESOLUTION OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELDS AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION AS WELL AS THE MESO ETA. EXPECT BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WITH BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...EXPECT RIDGING AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT TO LIMIT CONVECTION. CHANCES FOR STORMS AFTER SATURDAY ARE EVEN LOWER AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA. .GLD...NONE. SKIPPER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
NEZ079>081-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1245 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN RESPONSE TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE WATCH IS EFFECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 600 PM MDT (700 PM CDT). LARGE HAIL UP TO TWzO INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. RJC
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 306 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS... THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY FORMING IN EASTERN COLORADO TO BECOME SEVERE WILL INCREASE AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ALONG THE COLORADO AND KANSAS BORDER. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO. ALSO INCLUDED ARE CHEYENNE... RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM... WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN KANSAS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM MDT (1000 PM CDT). LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCKHART
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
441 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
)
0435 PM 1 N ST FRANCIS KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
502 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0443 PM 2 S WHEELER KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0452 PM 4 SW CHEYENNE WELLS CO .75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0500 PM WHEELER KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
> SPOTTER.
0502 PM 5 E WHEELER KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
516 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM BIRD CITY KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0507 PM BIRD CITY KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/29/00 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
NSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 7:14 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300114- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 614 PM MDT THU JUN 29 2000 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT) ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 513 HAS EXPIRED FOR FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO...AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KANSAS...GREELEY...RAWLINS...THOMAS...LOGAN... WICHITA....DECATUR...SHERIDAN...GOVE...NORTON AND GRAHAM. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT). THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE TRI- STATE AREA ALLOWING THE VARIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES TO BE CANCELLED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE: IN NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES. IN COLORADO...YUMA...AND WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES. IN KANSAS...CHEYENNE...WALLACE...AND SHERMAN COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Thomas | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 61 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.