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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Goodland, KS

June 3, 2008Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 2:21 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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 3, 2008, 2:21 AM MDT (08:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2008, 3:15 AM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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 3, 1:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 3, 1:48 AM MDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:48 AM MDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:02 AM MDT, 15 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1102 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1102 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2008 /1202 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70
BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 34 IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AFTER SUNSET. EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AS A WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY PUSHES NORTH ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE
GREATEST INSTABILITIES AND SHEAR WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
FRONT. EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER SHORT
WAVE TROUGH MOVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES OVER WYOMING TO SPAWN
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS AND DEVELOP INTO AN
MCS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 34 WILL INCLUDE LARGE HAIL,
DAMAGING WINDS, AND ISOLATED TORNADOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION EACH DAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH
THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman43 min
Jun 3, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas48 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Wallace50 min
Jun 3, 3:08 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.