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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2006Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2006, 5:26 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 425 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, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
324 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

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

0315 PM     HAIL             11 S HERNDON            39.75N 100.79W
06/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   PUBLIC

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:41 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
341 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

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

0325 PM     HAIL             6 S HERNDON             39.82N 100.79W
06/15/2006  E0.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   PUBLIC

0332 PM     HAIL             6 W OBERLIN             39.82N 100.64W
06/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       DECATUR            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
404 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

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

0144 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
06/15/2006  M59 MPH          CHEYENNE           CO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC MEASURED 59 MPH WIND GUST

&&

SBLAIR

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:18 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
418 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

NEZ081-152245-
RED WILLOW-
518 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANBURY...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OBERLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

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

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	6 hr
Jun 15, 4:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 6 more	19 hr
Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	3 hr
Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	43 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	39 min
Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	39 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	24 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	24 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wichita	61 min
Jun 15, 4:28 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	17 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.