Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 5:43 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 N Burlington, CO | |
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 N Burlington, CO |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KGLD 052343
SVRGLD
COC063-060030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
542 PM MDT MON JUL 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF
BURLINGTON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF
VONA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BURLINGTON AROUND 550 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.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS
OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.
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 3955 10266 3955 10314 3904 10320 3906 10208
3957 10207
$$
THEDEWhat 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 5, 1:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 140 PM MDT MON JUL 5 2004 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS ARE ON THE WIDESPREAD WIND POTENTIAL OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FOLLOWED BY SOME FLOODING CONCERNS OVER THE EASTERN 1/3 OF THE AREA TONIGHT. TONIGHT/TUESDAY...WILL JACK UP THE POPS WITH CONFIDENCE OF MCS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE HEART OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO BE IN EFFECT MAINLY FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE AREA WHERE RECENT RAINS THE PAST FEW DAYS SUGGEST SOME FLOODING POTENTIAL. AM ALSO EXPECTING A HIGHTENED THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE GIVEN PARAMETERS RESEARCHED FROM 3 PREVIOUS WIND/DUSTSTORM EVENTS EARLIER THIS SEASON. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ON TUESDAY LEADING TO COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ALLOWING RETURN FLOW OF SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. WEAK UPPER RIDGING KEEPS STORM SYSTEMS TO OUR NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST WITH DRY WEATHER CONTINUING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...CONTINUED DRY BUT WILL NEED TO WATCH THE ATTEMPTED APPROACH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS THE FORECAST AREA GETS CAUGHT BETWEEN UPPER TROUGHING TO OUR NORTHWEST AND UPPER RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED HIGH TO OUR SOUTH. FRIDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL GET CLOSE TO THE AREA AND GIVEN UPPER PATTERN BECOME STATIONARY. THIS WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN BUT EXACT POSITION WOULD DICTATE THE HIGHEST THREAT. LITTLE CONFIDENCE AT THIS POINT AND FOLLOWING LEAD OF SURROUNDING OFFICES I WILL PULL THE SMALL POPS THAT WERE ADVERTISED. VIGOUROUS WAVE MOVES OUT FRIDAY NIGHT SUPPORTING CURRENT AND PREVIOUS QPF FORECAST OF THE GFS WITH AT LEAST CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM CDT TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTON...GRAHAM...SHERIDAN...DECATUR...AND GOVE COUNTIES. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && DDT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 10:40 AM MDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 AM MDT MON JUL 5 2004 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061200- CHEYENNE KS-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS- GREELEY KS-HITCHCOCK NE-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS- RAWLINS KS-RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-WALLACE KS- WICHITA KS-YUMA COUNTY CO- 1040 AM MDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LIKELY ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT DROPPING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL COMBINE TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND EASTERN COLORADO...MOVING INTO THE TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR A RISK OF LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...WIND SHEAR WILL BE STRONGER TONIGHT THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND ALLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AS THEY PROPAGATE SOUTHEASTWARD. THIS WILL BRING A RISK OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES...TO THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. SATURATED GROUNDS HAS RESULTED IN THE ISSUANCE OF A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 IN NORTHWEST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI STATE AREA COULD ALSO SEE MINOR FLOODING AS LOCALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE WEATHER SHOULD BE DRY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING OVER THE REGION. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS DISTURBANCES ALOFT PASS OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN COLORADO AND THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA TONIGHT. FS/JDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
426 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 9 E CLARKVILLE 40.38N 102.45W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 4:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
441 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HAIL 2 W WAUNETA 40.29N 102.29W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
&&
JOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 4:45 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 445 PM MDT MON JUL 5 2004 KSZ041-042-060500- GREELEY-WICHITA- 445 PM MDT (545 PM CDT) MON JUL 5 2004 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569 FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT). THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...GREELEY AND WICHITA. 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...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. DDT
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:01 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
501 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 7 NE WRAY 40.15N 102.13W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH YUMA CO PUBLIC
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 5:12 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
512 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM HAIL 5 W HAIGLER 40.01N 102.03W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 5:41 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
541 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N BETHUNE 39.33N 102.42W
07/05/2004 70 MPH KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0525 PM TSTM WND GST 13 N STRATTON 39.49N 102.60W
07/05/2004 60 MPH KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0540 PM TSTM WND GST 11 N ST. FRANCIS 39.93N 101.80W
07/05/2004 60 MPH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.