Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 14, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 9:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Sw Mccook, NE | |
| Sep 14, 9:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Sse Mccook, NE |
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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 150215 SVRGLD NEC145-150315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 915 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES WEST OF MCCOOK TO 7 MILES WEST OF MCCOOK TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MCCOOK AROUND 930 PM CDT... DANBURY AROUND 940 PM CDT... LEBANON AROUND 955 PM CDT... INDIANOLA AROUND 1000 PM CDT... BARTLEY AROUND 1015 PM CDT... 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 4034 10076 3999 10072 4001 10018 4033 10019 $$ THEDE
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 Sep 14, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004 .DISCUSSION...THIS FORECAST FOCUSES ON WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS DRY WITH LOWS NEAR NORMAL AND HIGHS NEAR OR ABOVE. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT ON THE HORIZON IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. ON THE LARGE SCALE...THE WEATHER PATTERN IS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD MORE AMPLIFICATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN U.S. WHERE A DEEPENING TROF IS BECOMING WELL ESTABLISHED. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE SHOWS A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROF DIVING INTO THE BASE OF THE LARGE SCALE TROF ALONG THE COLORADO/UTAH BORDER. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO MUCH OF THE TRI STATE REGION TONIGHT. A STALLED COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR HILL CITY TO SHARON SPRINGS TO JUST SOUTH OF DENVER. ANYWHERE ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY MOISTURE HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY...WITH DEWPOINTS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 50S. THIS MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT HEATING AND STEEP LAPSE RATES IS RESULTING IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MORE THAN ADEQUATE SHEAR IN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE EVENT OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND ADJACENT PARTS OF KS/NE. FORCING IS SO STRONG THOUGH...THAT THE STORMS SHOULD QUICKLY FORM A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL MARCH EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. GIVEN RELATIVELY QUICK STORM MOTION...NO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...BUT MOST PLACES SHOULD PICK UP A QUICK QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BENEATH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY MID MORNING...LEAVING A SUNNY DAY BENEATH MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE. IT MAY BE BREEZY FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND HILL CITY AND MCCOOK WHERE THE STRONGEST 850 MB WINDS OF ABOUT 25 KNOTS COULD MIX TO THE GROUND. IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S AROUND YUMA TO MID 70S ELSEWHERE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING EAST OF HIGHWAY 81...WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD SEE TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 40S IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE WESTERN U.S. TROF FLATTENS SOMEWHAT THURSDAY...BUT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY JET BRINGING COOL AIR INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE RESULT IS A PERIOD OF ZONAL FLOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS BEFORE SOUTHWEST FLOW BECOMES REESTABLISHED ON SATURDAY. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SOME MOISTURE WILL TRY TO SNEAK UP IN TO NORTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN SLIGHTLY GREATER MOISTURE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION. THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...SO I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FORM ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RETURNING MOISTURE. HOWEVER...THE MOISTURE DEPTH IS QUESTIONABLE...THE CAP IS GOING TO BE INCREASING...AND MODELS ARE FORECASTING NEAR ZERO POPS. I INSERTED SOME 5 TO 10 POPS FOR NOW...WHICH COULD BE ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON MOISTURE RETURN. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN WEATHER THAT PEOPLE WILL FEEL IS A RETURN TO THE INCESSANT SOUTH BREEZE 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WHICH WILL LIKELY PERSIST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S BY THE WEEKEND. TIMING OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS UNCERTAIN...BUT FOR NOW APPEARS TO TAKE PLACE LATE ON MONDAY...AND THIS SHOULD USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR ALONG WITH THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR RAIN. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && BURKE
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 11:48 AM CDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1048 AM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151200- CHEYENNE KS-CHEYENNE CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS- GREELEY KS-HITCHCOCK NE-KIT CARSON CO-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS-RAWLINS KS- RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-WALLACE KS-WICHITA KS- YUMA CO- 1048 AM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL EMERGE ONTO THE COLORADO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTERACT WITH A STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE NEAR DENVER LATER THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING FAR EASTERN COLORADO AFTER 5 PM MDT...THEN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY SO THAT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WEST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO TRIBUNE KANSAS LINE EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. JDK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 14, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
642 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 PM HAIL 5 NW WRAY 40.13N 102.29W
09/14/2004 0.88 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0619 PM HAIL WRAY 40.08N 102.23W
09/14/2004 1.00 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0621 PM HAIL 10 S WRAY 39.93N 102.23W
09/14/2004 1.75 INCH YUMA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY
0621 PM HAIL WRAY 40.08N 102.23W
09/14/2004 0.88 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0625 PM HAIL 12 SE WRAY 39.96N 102.07W
09/14/2004 2.00 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE WINDOW WEST SIDE OF HOUSE BROKEN
0635 PM HAIL 4 WSW HAIGLER 39.99N 102.01W
09/14/2004 2.00 INCH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GMLSpecial weather statement, Sep 14, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 645 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004 COZ090-KSZ001-NEZ079-150700- CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY-YUMA- 645 PM MDT (745 PM CDT) TUE SEP 14 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #821 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #821 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2 AM CDT). THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE TRI-STATE AREA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN NEBRASKA...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW IN KANSAS...NORTON...RAWLINS AND DECATUR HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. MWM
Local storm report, Sep 14, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
703 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0647 PM TSTM WND GST 13 NW ST. FRANCIS 39.90N 101.97W
09/14/2004 75 MPH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0651 PM HAIL HAIGLER 40.01N 101.94W
09/14/2004 1.00 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
BROKEN WINDOWS ON HOUSE AND ON VEHICLE.
&&
GMLLocal storm report, Sep 14, 8:22 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
722 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND GST 12 N WHEELER 39.93N 101.71W
09/14/2004 60 MPH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
6 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF
0706 PM TSTM WND GST BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.53W
09/14/2004 58 MPH DUNDY NE MESONET
MEASURED WIND GUST TO 58 MPH
0717 PM HAIL BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.53W
09/14/2004 1.75 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GMLLocal storm report, Sep 14, 8:27 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
727 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HAIL 4 NW BENKELMAN 40.09N 101.59W
09/14/2004 1.00 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO ESTIMATED 80 MPH WIND GUSTS. PICNIC TABLE BLOWN
AROUND WITH GLASS TOP BROKEN.
0725 PM HAIL BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.53W
09/14/2004 2.50 INCH DUNDY NE BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
GMLLocal storm report, Sep 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
755 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL STRATTON NE 40.15N 101.23W
09/14/2004 0.75 INCH HITCHCOCK NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0748 PM HAIL 11 N ATWOOD 39.97N 101.04W
09/14/2004 1.75 INCH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0749 PM HAIL 12 SSW TRENTON 40.01N 101.10W
09/14/2004 1.00 INCH HITCHCOCK NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0752 PM HAIL 7 N ATWOOD 39.91N 101.04W
09/14/2004 1.00 INCH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 59 min |
| Sep 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 63 min |
| Sep 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 29 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.