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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Goodland, KS

June 16, 2006Decatur County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 5:43 PM CDT for Decatur County, Sheridan County, Kansas. 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 16, 2006, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 6:22 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 16, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 16, 5:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
422 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

.UPDATE...

UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS FOR CANCELLATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 489 FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN C0LORADO.
OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES. WATCH 489 CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST
KANSAS COUNTIES.

&&

.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.
&&

FS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 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, 5:18 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
418 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0408 PM     TSTM WND GST     OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
06/16/2006  M64 MPH          LOGAN              KS   MESONET

            KSN WEATHER LAB STATION

0415 PM     HAIL             GRINNELL                39.12N 100.63W
06/16/2006  E1.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            60 MPH WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH 1.00 INCH HAIL

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita61 min
Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove43 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan67 min
Jun 15, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace66 min
Jun 15, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove27 min
Jun 15, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham45 min
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan60 min
Jun 16, 11:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more10 hr
Jun 16, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace58 min
Jun 16, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove59 min
Jun 16, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman26 min
Jun 16, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman37 min
Jun 16, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton60 min
Jun 16, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman37 min
Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman3 hr
Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton23 min
Jun 16, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham26 min
Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Thomas52 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins24 min
Jun 16, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wichita3 hr
Jun 16, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita38 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan28 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas53 min
Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas34 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan3 hr
Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan36 min
Jun 16, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne54 min
Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.