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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Goodland, KS

June 16, 2006Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 4:07 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2006, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 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 21:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Ne Leoti, KS
Jun 16, 4:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	13 Ne Leoti, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 16, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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: 369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -518 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
306 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

.DISCUSSION...BUSY WITH ONGOING WEATHER...SO VERY LITTLE WILL
CHANGE IN THE FORECAST FROM THE PREVIOUS ISSUANCE OTHER THAN TO
MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS BLENDING INTO TONIGHT
WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

HYDRO CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS LIKELY AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TRAIN OVER AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT COOLER THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
WARM THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS REACHING THE
CENTURY MARK ON TUESDAY.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ003-KSZ004-
     KSZ015-KSZ016-KSZ028-KSZ029-KSZ042.

NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&

LOCKHART

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1056 AM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-171200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 /1056 AM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE
TRI STATE AREA AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDES ACROSS
THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
TODAY...BUT THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A TRIBUNE KANSAS TO TRENTON NEBRASKA
LINE.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THERE WILL BE A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF
TORNADOES AS THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A
COLD FRONT.

A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS RAIN
WILL FALL IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA...MAINLY ALONG AND
EAST OF A SELKIRK TO NORCATUR LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON GENERALLY SOUTH OF GRAHAM TO GOVE COUNTY LINE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
144 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0126 PM     TSTM WND GST     GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
06/16/2006  M63 MPH          SHERMAN            KS   ASOS

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
153 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
06/16/2006                   SHERMAN            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            MAJOR STREET FLOODING DOWNTOWN GOODLAND...SOME AREAS 1
            FOOT DEEP

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
159 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0121 PM     TORNADO          GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
06/16/2006                   SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FEW HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE...ROOF RIPPED OFF
            HOME...TREES DOWN

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
215 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0145 PM     TSTM WND GST     14 S NORTON             39.63N 99.89W
06/16/2006  E60 MPH          NORTON             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SBLAIR

Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
241 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0228 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W BEARDSLEY           39.81N 101.25W
06/16/2006  E60 MPH          RAWLINS            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SBLAIR

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
303 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

KSZ042-162130-
WICHITA-
403 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR LYDIA...OR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF LEOTI...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 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

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, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	67 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, 4:32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.