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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2006Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 1456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
519 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006

.UPDATE...

UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS FOR EXPIRATION OF HIGH WIND WARNING IN KIT
CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM MDT FRIDAY.
OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM MDT /2 AM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR KSZ002-KSZ003-
     KSZ004-KSZ013-KSZ014-KSZ015-KSZ016-KSZ027-KSZ028-KSZ029-
     KSZ041-KSZ042.

NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR NEZ081.

CO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR COZ091-COZ092.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ253-COZ254.

&&

FS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 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

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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

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

0438 PM     HAIL             10 SW LEOTI             38.38N 101.49W
06/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       WICHITA            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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

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

0510 PM     HAIL             13 SE RUSSELL SPRINGS   38.78N 101.00W
06/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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

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

0635 PM     HAIL             12 SE MONUMENT          38.98N 100.84W
06/15/2006  E0.88 INCH       LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:48 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     14 SE RUSSELL SPRINGS   38.77N 100.99W
06/15/2006  E60 MPH          LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC

            60 MPH WINDS AND 0.88 INCH HAIL REPORTED

&&

SBLAIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	61 min
Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	43 min
Jun 15, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	66 min
Jun 15, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	27 min
Jun 15, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	45 min
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	60 min
Jun 16, 11:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more	10 hr
Jun 16, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	58 min
Jun 16, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	59 min
Jun 16, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	58 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	26 min
Jun 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	37 min
Jun 16, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	60 min
Jun 16, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	37 min
Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Sherman	3 hr
Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	23 min
Jun 16, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	26 min
Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Thomas	52 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	24 min
Jun 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	3 hr
Jun 16, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	38 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan	28 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	53 min
Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	34 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	3 hr
Jun 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	39 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	36 min
Jun 16, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	54 min
Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	65 min

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.