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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Goodland, KS

June 27, 2005Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 10:07 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2005, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 27, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
230 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN TEMPERATURES.

LATEST SURFACE MAP ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM
EASTERN WYOMING INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THEN EAST AND NORTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A WEAK SURFACE LOW WAS CENTERED OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LATEST IR AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWED CYCLONIC SPIN OF THE UPPER LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.

SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
REGION AS STRONG UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTING FROM NEW
MEXICO TO TEXAS BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN AND BUILD MORE TO THE NORTH.
WILL GO WITH THE A BLEND OF THE NM/UKMET MODELS THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM.

FOR TONIGHT WILL CARRY MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO
DIURNAL HEATING AS WELL AS MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN LOWER LEVELS.
700 MB TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN VERY WARM TODAY SERVING AS A GOOD
CAP. IF THE CAP WEAKENS SUFFICIENTLY ISOLATED STORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP. THUS HAVE INCLUDED MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR
THIS EVENING. EXPECT OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN MILD IN THE 60S.

FOR TUESDAY MODELS PORTRAY A GOOD LEE SIDE TROUGH OVER EASTERN
COLORADO WITH SOUTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE. 700
MB TEMPERATURES STILL HIGH AT AROUND 15 DEGREES CELSIUS SHOWS GOOD
CAPPING. WILL NOT CARRY ANY POPS FOR TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT
AS A RESULT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE HOT IN THE UPPER 90S
AN LOWER 100S.

FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODELS STILL ON TRACK TO BRING
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY. PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. WILL TREND TEMPERATURES FROM THE LOWER
90S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 90S SOUTH AND EAST. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WEAK UPSLOPE DEVELOPS BEHIND THE FRONT AS WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST
TO EAST. MODELS FORECAST MEAGER AMOUNTS OF QPF ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. WILL MAINTAIN 20 POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO PROXIMITY OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND
ASSOCIATED UPSLOPE. WILL GO WITH LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
IN THE 60 TO 66 DEGREE RANGE.

FOR THURSDAY MODELS HAVE THE FRONT MOVING SOUTH AWAY FROM THE
FORECAST AREA AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO REGION. WILL
KEEP THURSDAY DRY. AS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GO WITH LITTLE
COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 80S NORTHWEST TO LOWER 90S SOUTH.

AS FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY) WILL NOT BE
MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES AT THIS TIME. INTO THE WEEKEND UPPER FLOW
BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE RESULT WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S IN THE DAY AND 60S AT
NIGHT . MODELS DO HINT AT POSSIBLY ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING THE
REGION BY MONDAY(DAY 7). BEING THAT FAR OUT TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY
EXISTS TO ADD ANY POPS AT THIS TIME. WILL KEEP IT DRY.

&&

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

&&

LAMMERS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 11:16 AM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1016 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281200-
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-
1016 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY EAST OF A LINE FROM YUMA TO
GOODLAND TO LEOTI. THE INTERACTION OF SEVERAL WEATHER FEATURES WILL
OCCUR TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. MODERATE INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S. WEAK UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM THE WEST...AND THIS
WILL BRING INCREASING MID LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY FOCUS ALONG A DRY LINE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NEAR THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM
CDT). WIND SHEAR VALUES WILL BE MARGINAL...BUT MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LAJ/MWM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
453 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

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

0440 PM     HAIL             2 W GOVE                38.96N 100.53W
06/27/2005  0.75 INCH        GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0445 PM     HAIL             4 SW GOVE               38.92N 100.54W
06/27/2005  0.75 INCH        GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PFP
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
521 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

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

0425 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 SW GOVE               38.88N 100.60W
06/27/2005  60 MPH           GOVE               KS   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL HALF COVERING THE GROUND. RAIN AND HAIL
            BLEW IN HORIZONTAL FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

&&

BURKE
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

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

0535 PM     HAIL             8 S HILL CITY           39.25N 99.85W
06/27/2005  1.00 INCH        GRAHAM             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            3/4 TO 1 INCH COVERING THE GROUND

&&

PFP
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.