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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

March 7, 2000Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 11:21 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 7, 2000, 11:21 AM MST (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 11:50 AM MST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 11:28 AM MSTHail 0.75Kit Carson, CO

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
Mar 7, 9:45 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2000-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGLD 071822
SVRGLD
COC017-071850-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1121 AM MST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 1150 AM MST

* AT 1121 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILD HORSE...OR 43 MILES WEST OF
  CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AROYA...WILD HORSE AROUND 1140 AM MST

* ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...KIT CARSON.

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 WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OR DETECTED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

$$

SKIPPER

LAT...LON 3861 10327 3862 10269 3903 10260 3903 10312

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 12:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson33 min
Mar 7, 12:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne46 min
Mar 7, 1:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson44 min
Mar 7, 2:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma47 min
Mar 7, 2:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne18 min
Mar 7, 2:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
Mar 7, 2:49 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma61 min
Mar 7, 3:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma58 min
Mar 7, 3:47 PM MSTTornado WarningGLDYuma13 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.