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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 6:13 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 060013 SVRGLD COC125-060045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 613 PM MDT MON JUL 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 609 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HALE AROUND 620 PM MDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 4018 10254 3959 10253 3961 10205 4017 10208 $$ RJC
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 5, 1:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 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 33 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, 5:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 32 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
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 6:04 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
604 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0604 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N BURLINGTON 39.36N 102.27W
07/05/2004 65 MPH KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 6:07 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
607 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG KIRK 39.62N 102.60W
07/05/2004 YUMA CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE UPROOTED AND 6 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Jul 5, 6:12 PM MDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
612 PM MDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 5 NW BIRD CITY 39.80N 101.60W
07/05/2004 0.75 INCH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JOHNSONNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.