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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2004Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2004, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 15, 7:52 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 86	12 Sw Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:03 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:04 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	10 Sw Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:09 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 64	1 N Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:09 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 64	Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:10 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	3 S Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:15 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:18 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:21 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Goodland, KS
Jun 15, 8:24 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Goodland, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

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 15, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 15, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGLD 160145
SVRGLD
COC017-063-KSC181-160230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
745 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 740 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF KANORADO TO
  11 MILES SOUTH OF KANORADO TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE...MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RULETON AROUND 755 PM MDT...
  GOODLAND AROUND 800 PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OR INDICATED 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.

LAT...LON 3957 10258 3865 10260 3866 10208 3917 10208
      3916 10170 3956 10167

$$

LOCKHART

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 15, 6:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
625 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

.DISCUSSION...HAVE UPDATED TO INCLUDE ENTIRE AREA IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH. TWO IN EFFECT...ONE FOR FAR EAST CO UNTIL 9 PM
MDT AND ONE FOR NW KS AND EXTREME SW NEB UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT
CDT). CURRENTLY LINES FORMING IN FAR EAST CO AND HEADING SLOWLY TO
THE EAST. LOOKS LIKE A VERY BUSY NIGHT WITH LOTS OF WX.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.

&&

RJC

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 10:40 AM MDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 AM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-161200-
CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DECATUR-DUNDY-GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK-
KIT CARSON-LOGAN-NORTON-RAWLINS-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-WICHITA-YUMA-
1040 AM MDT (1140 AM CDT) TUE JUN 15 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TO A CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO
MCCOOK NEBRASKA LINE THIS EVENING AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS FRONT FROM
LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL BE
QUITE UNSTABLE...SO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS LAST NIGHT RECEIVED AROUND TWO INCHES OF
RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN SHERIDAN AND GOVE COUNTIES. SINCE HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED THERE AGAIN...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY SOUTH OF A HILL CITY
KANSAS TO CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
147 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0922 PM     TSTM WND GST     ST. FRANCIS             39.77N 101.80W
06/14/2004  58 MPH           CHEYENNE           KS   PUBLIC

1026 PM     TSTM WND GST     SHARON SPRINGS          38.89N 101.75W
06/14/2004  60 MPH           WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1030 PM     HAIL             9 S ATWOOD              39.68N 101.04W
06/14/2004  0.75 INCH        RAWLINS            KS   PUBLIC

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E HOXIE               39.36N 100.42W
06/14/2004                   SHERIDAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLE DOWN

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W HOXIE               39.36N 100.48W
06/14/2004                   SHERIDAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES DOWN...POWERLINES ON HIGHWAY...LARGE STORAGE
            BUILDING DESTROYED

1138 PM     HAIL             TRIBUNE                 38.47N 101.75W
06/14/2004  0.75 INCH        GREELEY            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1159 PM     TSTM WND GST     HOXIE                   39.36N 100.44W
06/14/2004  62 MPH           SHERIDAN           KS   MESONET

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     11 SW HOXIE             39.24N 100.58W
06/15/2004                   SHERIDAN           KS   PUBLIC

            THREE GRAIN BINS DAMAGED...IRRIGATION SYSTEM TURNED
            OVER...APPROXIMATELY 100,000 DOLLAR DAMAGE

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOXIE                   39.36N 100.44W
06/15/2004                   SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN. TREES DOWN. METAL SHED DESTROYED.

1200 AM     TSTM WND GST     HOXIE                   39.36N 100.44W
06/15/2004  74 MPH           SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E ANGELUS             39.19N 100.60W
06/15/2004                   SHERIDAN           KS   PUBLIC

            IRRIGATION PIVOT TURNED OVER...GRAIN BINS DAMAGED.

0100 AM     HAIL             9 SE GOVE               38.87N 100.37W
06/15/2004  0.75 INCH        GOVE               KS   PUBLIC

&&

DN/JD

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
547 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-160500-
CHEYENNE KS-DECATUR-DUNDY-GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK-LOGAN-NORTON-
RAWLINS-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA-
547 PM MDT (647 PM CDT) TUE JUN 15 2004

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM MDT
(MIDNIGHT CDT). THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...IN
KANSAS...CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...
SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA. IN
NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...
TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY.

RJC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:59 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
659 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0647 PM     HAIL             3 S TRIBUNE             38.43N 101.75W
06/15/2004  0.75 INCH        GREELEY            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:25 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
725 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0703 PM     HAIL             4 N ECKLEY              40.17N 102.49W
06/15/2004  0.88 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0706 PM     TORNADO          5 S TRIBUNE             38.40N 101.75W
06/15/2004                   GREELEY            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:37 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
737 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 E TRIBUNE             38.47N 101.62W
06/15/2004  70 MPH           GREELEY            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 6:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	58 min
Jun 15, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	63 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	55 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	61 min
Jun 15, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	53 min
Jun 15, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	54 min
Jun 15, 7:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	67 min
Jun 15, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	61 min
Jun 15, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	64 min
Jun 15, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	31 min
Jun 15, 8:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	3 hr
Jun 15, 8:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	59 min
Jun 15, 8:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wallace	3 hr
Jun 15, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	63 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	30 min
Jun 15, 8:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	35 min
Jun 15, 9:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	55 min
Jun 15, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	33 min
Jun 15, 9:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	32 min
Jun 15, 9:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	54 min
Jun 15, 9:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2004 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.