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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Goodland, KS

July 1, 2001Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 11:48 PM CDT for Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

124 
WUUS53 KGLD 020448
SVRGLD
KSC109-199-020515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1148 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT(1115 PM MDT)

* AT 1148 PM CDT(1048 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WALLACE...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WINONA AT 1210 AM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...SHARON SPRINGS AND RUSSELL
SPRINGS.

 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.

$$

LAT...LON 3907 10194 3877 10191 3876 10086 3908 10084

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, 8 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:48 PM CDT, 8 hours 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, 10:51 PM CDT, 57 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, 54 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

Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:22 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1022 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
3
1010 PM    2 E SHARON SPGS           KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   WALLACE                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:32 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1032 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

1002 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   FLOOD
07/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE. WATER UP
                                          TO CAR BUMMERS WEST
   D                                       SIDE OF GOODLAND

Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1034 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

0943 PM    ST FRANCIS                KS   65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1041 PM MDT SUN JUL 01 2001

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

1037 PM    ST FRANCIS                KS   69 MPH TSTM GUST
07/01/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

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, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	38 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.