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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Goodland, KS

June 14, 2009Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2009, 8:38 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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 14, 2009, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2009, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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 14, 3:11 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 6:46 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

COZ090-150145-
YUMA COUNTY-
648 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 648 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ECKLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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

BULLER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:18 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
818 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

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

0815 PM     HAIL             7 NW BURLINGTON         39.38N 102.36W
06/14/2009  E0.88 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:25 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
825 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 2009

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

0817 PM     HAIL             3 NW BURLINGTON         39.34N 102.31W
06/14/2009  E1.50 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY DIME SIZED HAIL WITH A FEW PING PONG BALL SIZED
            STONES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas52 min
Jun 14, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas49 min
Jun 14, 10:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDThomas59 min
Jun 14, 10:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur3 hr
Jun 14, 11:05 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman12 hr
Jun 15, 1:05 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham2 hr
Jun 15, 11:02 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas10 hr
Jun 15, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins54 min
Jun 15, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman66 min
Jun 14, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson65 min
Jun 14, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.