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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2008Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 5:47 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 6:33 PM MDT
In force
46 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 23:47 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 19, 5:15 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:15 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

.DISCUSSION...

FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ONLY
STORM IN THE FORECAST AREA IS ON THE KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE
COLORADO LINE...OTHERWISE ACTIVITY IS TIED TO THE CHEYENNE RIDGE
ALONG THE CO/WY BORDER AND SOUTH OF THE AREA IN SOUTHWEST
KANSAS/SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AFTER THE 02Z WATCH EXPIRATION FEEL
THAT THERE WILL BE LARGE LULL IN ACTIVITY AS AREA OF 700-500
MOISTURE AND UPPER JET DIVERGENCE EXITS THE AREA. HOWEVER...AS HAS
BEEN THE CASE THE LAST FEW DAYS MAY SEE ACTIVITY MOVE INTO THE
AREA FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WHICH SOME OF THE MODELS SHOW IN
THE FIELDS LISTED ABOVE. WILL FINE TUNE THAT LATER TONIGHT AS WE
GET CLOSER TO THAT TIME. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND ALL
OVER THE PLACE. TEMPS/DP LOOK PRETTY GOOD AND WILL NEED TO FURTHER
ADJUST SKY GRIDS DOWN AS ONLY SOME CIRRUS FROM CONVECTION EXPECTED
OVER PARTS OF THE AREA.

DDT

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 00Z TAFS...HAVE GONE WITH A VRB06KT WIND PRETTY MUCH
THROUGHOUT THE TAF CYCLE AS THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT DIRECTION
INDICATED. SKY COVER THROUGH MIDNIGHT SHOULD BE OF THE MID AND
HIGH LEVEL VARIETY...MAINLY CONVECTIVE BLOWOFF. BY 18Z FRIDAY
CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN BUT CLOSER TO THE CO/KS BORDER SO HAVE
LEFT CB OUT OF THE TAF AT KMCK AND INSERTED IT AT KGLD. BOUNDARY
LAYER RH FROM THE GFS/NAM NOT FAVORABLE FOR FOG SO HAVE LEFT IT
OUT.

DDT

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&

WFO GOODLAND
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:22 AM MDT, 7 hours 25 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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
407 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COZ091-192215-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
407 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 359 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARRIBA...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FLAGLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
426 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COZ091-192245-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
426 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF SEIBERT...AND MOVING EAST AT 17
MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SEIBERT...VONA AND
STRATTON.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:03 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
503 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

COZ091-192330-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
503 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
STRATTON TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 26 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.
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:16 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
516 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0505 PM     HAIL             10 S VONA               39.16N 102.74W
06/19/2008  E0.88 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

&&

MLAMMERS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:45 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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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, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita27 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne63 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.