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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2008Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 2:13 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2008, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 2:40 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 19, 12:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 19, 1:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:22 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1022 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1022 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 /1122 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FLOODING MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE OVER AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER PREVIOUS DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BURTIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan53 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGove27 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Jun 19, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson46 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.