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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Goodland, KS

July 1, 2001Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 11:07 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 1, 2001, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2001, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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 020407
SVRGLD

KSC023-153-020445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1107 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BIRD CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF ST.
  FRANCIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCDONALD AT 1115 PM CDT
  BEARDSLEY AT 1125 PM CDT
  BLAKEMAN AT 1130 PM CDT
  ATWOOD AT 1135 PM CDT
  LUDELL AT 1140 PM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...WHEELER...ST. FRANCIS AND
HERNDON.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 75
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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3994 10195 3960 10201 3959 10076 3995 10077

COLEMAN

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 Jul 1, 3:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
248 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2001

BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. THE ATMOSPHERE HAD BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITH LIFTED
INDICES NEAR -10 AT 19Z NORTHWEST OF KSNY. THE AVN HAS BEEN TOO COOL
THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS WITH MOS LOWS AND HIGHS. THE NGM WAS NOT
HANDLING THE ELEVATED CONVECTION OVER NEBRASKA AS WELL AS ETA/MESO
ETA...BUT OTHERWISE THE NGM AND THE ETA APPEAR TO BE DOING A
REASONABLY GOOD JOB WITH THE SCENARIO...SO WILL USE A BLEND OF THESE
2 MODELS.

THE 18Z MESO ETA RUN INDICATES MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TONIGHT
THAN THE EARLIER ETA RUN. GIVEN THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND STORMS
BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL
GO ABOVE NGM GUIDANCE AGAIN AS THE NGM (AND AVN) HAS HAD A DRY BIAS
DURING THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS.  BACK DOOR FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT
INTO THE KHLC AND KMCK AREAS AS CONVECTION IN VERY COOL AIR NORTHEAST
OF THE FRONT HELPS PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTHWEST. THE ARRIVAL OF
THE FRONT...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND FAVORABLE STORM RELATIVE INFLOW
SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN STORMS THAT FIRE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA WELL INTO THE NIGHT.

FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...EXPECT TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE NORMAL AS
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA. WIDELY SCATTERED
STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...
REMAINING BOUNDARIES AND MARGINAL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A FEW STORMS.

FOR THE EXTENDED...THE MRF WAS NO LONGER INDICATING MUCH OF A FROPA
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE MRF HAS RAISED HIGHS AS MUCH AS
12 DEGREES (77 TO 89 OF THE MEX FOR FRIDAY). NOT READY TO
COMPLETELY ACCEPT THIS SCENARIO GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR
FORECAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA AND THE STRENGTH OF THE TROF THAT
DEVELOPS BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE 80S
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WILL ALSO KEEP STORMS IN ALL 5 DAYS AS FLOW
BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND ALLOWS IMPULSES TO TRACK ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.

.GLD...NONE.

SKIPPER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
858 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0843 PM    12 NNE BETHUNE            CO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   KIT CARSON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:29 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
929 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0925 PM    12 W GOODLAND             KS   83 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:36 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
936 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0929 PM    12 W GOODLAND             KS   99 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:49 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
949 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
T
0941 PM    (GLD)RENNER FLD GOODLAND  KS   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   SHERMAN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:51 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
951 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0950 PM    10 S GOODLAND             KS   80 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:54 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
954 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0951 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   FLOOD
07/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          STREET FLOODING
                                          REPORTED IN GOODLAND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	63 min
Jul 1, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	61 min
Jul 1, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	48 min
Jul 1, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	41 min
Jul 1, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.