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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2006Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2006, 4:21 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 15, 2006, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 AM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-161700-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006 /1045 AM MDT THU JUN 15 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT STALLED BETWEEN CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO AND STRATTON
NEBRASKA MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY
THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.

AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 90S...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL
ALLOWING THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TO REACH THE EXTREME
CATEGORY.

EXTREME FIRE DANGER MEANS THAT FIRES START QUICKLY...SPREAD
FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS.
ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN AREAS WITH EXTREME FIRE
DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOCKHART

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

KSZ014-152045-
THOMAS-
311 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES SOUTH OF
LEVANT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLBY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH
Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more6 hr
Jun 15, 4:40 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 6 more19 hr
Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningGLDSherman, Wallace3 hr
Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas43 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan39 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur24 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita49 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan24 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita3 hr
Jun 15, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita61 min
Jun 15, 4:28 AM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.