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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 2003Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2003, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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.

Did it verify

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.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -422 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 642 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

466 
WUUS53 KGLD 250045
SVRGLD
NEC087-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
745 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TRENTON AT 750 PM CDT

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...STRATTON NE.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4012 10126 4003 10107 4023 10086 4065 10046
          4078 10067

RUBIN

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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 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED AUTHOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2003

LATEST 23Z RUC ANALYSIS HANDLING CONFINEMENT OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY OVER FAR NORTHERN ZONES WELL. THIS AREA IS WITHIN 700 MB
DEWPOINT AXIS. DESPITE VERY STRONG 850 THETE-E CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
FRONT...LIMITING FACTORS INCLUDE 700 TEMPERATURES +16C AND HIGHER
AND DRIER AIR AT 700 MB. FOR THESE REASONS HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS
OVER THE EAST/SOUTHEAST TO 20 PERCENT WITH 30 PERCENT ELSEWHERE.
CU/TCU STRUGGLING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG THE FRONT AND GIVEN
700 TEMPS AROUND +16 DONT SEE MANY MAKING IT TO THUNDERSTORM STATUS.
HOWEVER...GIVEN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET A LITTLE LATER WILL KEEP
THEM IN CHANCE CATEGORY.

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE DEWPOINT GRIDS USING THE RUC AND
THE WINDS. GIVEN GOOD HANDLING ON THE WINDS BY THE RUC WILL USE IT
THROUGH 09Z AND THE FSL RUC II WINDS FOR TOMORROW. WINDS TOMORROW
WILL BE IN THE WINDY CATEGORY AS PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE FRONT
ACCELERATE THE WINDS. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.

.GLD...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL BUT EXTREME
NORTHWEST ZONES.

DDT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 11:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1050 AM MDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SOME
OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE
MAIN THREATS BEING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S AND
SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S EAST OF A WEAK
DRYLINE...WHICH WILL SET UP IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLORADO AND
KANSAS BORDER. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FORECAST TO BECOME MODERATELY
UNSTABLE BY LATE AFTERNOON EAST OF THE DRYLINE.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CAPPED INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...BY THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON...HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH
THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO BREAK THE
CAP. AS THIS OCCURS NEAR 3 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
RAPIDLY DEVELOP...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WRAY COLORADO
TO GOODLAND KANSAS AND THEN SOUTH TO THE CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO
AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WIND...WITH EXPECTED
STORM MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO PRODUCE
EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS. EXTREME FIRE DANGER MEANS FIRES START
QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY...AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE
POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ALL OUTSIDE BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN AREAS
WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A
LINE FROM WRAY COLORADO TO GOODLAND TO CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO.

RJC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
255 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 581 FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE UNTIL
900 PM MDT (1000 PM CDT).

IN COLORADO...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES YUMA...KIT
CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES.

IN NEBRASKA...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES DUNDY...
HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES.

IN KANSAS...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES
CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN..
GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES.

SR

Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
437 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2003

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

0425 PM    19 NNE BENKELMAN          NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/03   DUNDY                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
447 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2003

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

0436 PM    12 N MAX                  NE   .88 INCH HAIL
06/24/03   DUNDY                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	65 min
Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.