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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2000Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 19, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
35 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 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 200231 COR
SVRGLD
KSC193-200300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED THUNDERSTORM WATCH END TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
925 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF HALFORD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF COLBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MENLO...REXFORD AT 940 PM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...MINGO AND GEM.

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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT 
FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

$$

ENTWI>STLE

LAT...LON 3914 10108 3913 10071 3957 10073 3957 10099

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 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
216 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

...FORECAST CONCERN IS LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF TSRA THIS EVE...

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM W THIS
AFTN. SOMEWHAT IMPRESSIVE CAPES AND LIS ACTUALLY SHOWING UP W OF GLD
CWA ALONG WITH DEVELOPING CONVECTION WHICH GOES AGAINST MODEL FCST
FOR LATER THIS AFTN/EVE. ETA ESPECIALLY KEEPS BEST CHCS OF TSTMS E-NE
OF FA WHERE BEST INSTABILITY AND MSTR EXISTS. JUST DISCUSSED ISSUANCE
OF SVR TSTM WATCH FOR NE PARTS OF CWA TIL 02Z. HAVE NO REASON TO
DISAGREE WITH THAT SCENARIO.

PROBLEM IS DRYLINE PUSHED E OF GLD WITH LOW SFC DEWPOINTS OVER W
PARTS OF CWA. WITH CONVECTION ALREADY INITIATING ALONG DRYLINE
WL GO WITH SCT STRONG TSTMS ACROSS E HALF OF CWA THIS EVE. WL LIKELY
GO WITH ISOLD TSTMS AS FLOW ALOFT SUPPORTS A FEW HI BASED STORMS
REACHING THE HIGH PLAINS BY EVE IN VCNTY OF BOUNDARY.

UPPER LVL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE PLAINS NEXT FEW DAYS WITH NWLY
FLOW ALOFT. DYNAMICS AND MSTR WL BE S AND E OF CWA. BY TUESDAY
MORNING...COLD FRONT WL HAVE MOVED THRU CWA WITH DRIER AIR AT SFC
AND ALOFT. RH PROGS POINT TO MOSUNNY/PTCLDY SKIES FOR PERIODS 2 AND
3. COOLER SFC TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH NIL POPS.
MOS TEMPS LOOK A LITTLE TOO WARM IN LATER PERIODS SO HAVE TRIMMED
TEMPS A LITTLE.

.GLD...NONE.

KPL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
707 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
=
0704 PM    6 W GOODLAND              KS   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

AWJ
N
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
708 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0654 PM    BURLINGTON ARPT           CO   58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   KIT CARSON

AWJ
N
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
744 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0712 PM    2 NE RULETON              KS   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   SHERMAN

0715 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   WIND DAMAGE
06/19/00   SHERMAN                        UP TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN IN GOODLAND.
                                          REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0724 PM    GOODLAND ARPT             KS   66 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   SHERMAN

AWJ

N
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:48 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
748 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0742 PM    1 S BREWSTER              KS   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

AWJ

N
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
756 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0754 PM    7 E EDSON                 KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

AWJ

N
Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
813 PM MDT MON JUN 19 2000

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

0752 PM    10 W COLBY                KS   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0804 PM    1 E COLBY                 KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/19/00   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0805 PM    KANONA                    KS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/00   DECATUR                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

AWJ

N

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman62 min
Jun 19, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman32 min
Jun 19, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur42 min
Jun 19, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan42 min
Jun 19, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton41 min
Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur62 min
Jun 19, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan46 min
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton65 min
Jun 19, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham59 min
Jun 19, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove36 min
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham30 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.