Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Jun 17, 2002, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Norton County, KS

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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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
516 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LENORA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LENORA AT 525 PM CDT
  EDMOND AT 545 PM CDT
  DENSMORE AT 555 PM CDT

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...NEW ALMELO.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE AND
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER. FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF YOU ARE
OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

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 3977 10021 3956 10019 3957 9960 3978 9962

THEDE

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
228 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS ALONG THE COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER.
DEWPOINTS EAST OF THE TROUGH ARE NEAR 60 DEGREES WITH DEWPOINTS IN
THE 40S AND BELOW TO THE WEST. CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE ALSO FORMING NEAR
THE CONVERGENCE AREA ALONG THE TROUGH AS TEMPERATURES ARE NEARING
100 DEGREES.

THE TROUGH ALONG THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER WILL BE A PERSISTENT
FEATURE...REMAINING IN THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  THE
UPPER FLOW FLATTENS AND BECOMES MORE ZONAL ON TUESDAY.  ON
WEDNESDAY THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS INTO WESTERN U.S. AND LIFTS
NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS...DRAGGING A FRONT
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATE WEDNESDAY/EARLY THURSDAY AS THE
UPPER LOW TRACKS EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE MAKES A BRIEF APPEARANCE ON THURSDAY WITH THE LEE
TROUGH QUICKLY REFORMING ALONG WITH A LOW OVER THE BLACK HILLS AREA
BY LATE FRIDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE FORECAST AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY DRY THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR THE CENTURY MARK WILL
COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL S/WV TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS EACH EVENING THROUGH MID WEEK.

THE EXTENDED PROGS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION...
BRINGING TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE LATTER PART OF THIS
WEEK. CONDITIONS SHOULD DRY OUT BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

.GLD...NONE.

LOCKHART

In the hours before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1043 AM MDT MON JUN 17 2002

HERE IS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO.

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING EAST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO TRIBUNE KANSAS LINE.

THE AIR MASS OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL BE HOT BUT RELATIVELY DRY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH INTO THE MID 90S OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. A DRY LINE WILL BE
NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR TRENTON NEBRASKA TO TRIBUNE
KANSAS. EAST OF THE DRY LINE...DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 50S MAKING THE AIR MASS UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE AIR...GENERALLY AFTER 3 PM CDT (2 PM MDT). A
FEW ARE EVEN POSSIBLE WEST OF THE DRY LINE BECAUSE OF THE VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER THE AREA EAST OF THE DRY LINE IS THE MOST
LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH OR GREATER WILL BE THE
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS.

RJC

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.