Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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.
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 19, 12:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
&&
MLAMMERSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 5:45 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 63 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.