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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2009Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 9:40 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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 15, 2009, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 9:57 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.3
Supercell composite: -1.8

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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 15, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
525 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...
230 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT WITH LINGERING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

AMAZINGLY HIGH WIDESPREAD DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE 60S ACROSS
NORTHWEST KANSAS EXTEND INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA. THAT MOISTURE COMBINED WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN
THE 80S WILL PRODUCE A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL BE RIPE
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTS OUT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON TO ASSIST
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH A SURFACE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA AS A FOCUS WITH PLENTY OF SHEAR ALSO
AVAILABLE...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE LINGERING POSSIBILITIES OF
THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ADDITIONAL WEAK SHORT
WAVES LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION AS THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES
WEDNESDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM INTO THE 90S BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND WILL MODERATE
A COUPLE OF DEGREES AS THE NEXT UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEK WITH
ANOTHER AMPLIFICATION OF RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. DURING THE
WEEKEND.

LOCKAHRT
&&

.AVIATION...
524 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

FOR THE 00Z TAF CYCLE...GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR BOTH
SITES, BUT CONVECTION DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME SHOULD AFFECT BOTH
SITES AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING, AND MVFR CONDITIONS MAY ENSUE
DURING STRONGER STORMS. ALSO, POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SOME FOG
AND LOW STRATUS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE RELATIVELY LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR TAF CYCLE...AGAIN WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF PASSING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.

GJG
&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR KSZ002>004-014>016.

NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR NEZ080-081.

CO...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 11:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1030 AM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-161215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1030 AM MDT MON JUN 15 2009 /1130 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE
EXPECTED. VERY LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF TENNIS BALL SIZE
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

AN INCREASED THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A WARM FRONT
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR TRIBUNE
EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 96.

AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT...
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY MAY
EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE
LATE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0620 PM     HAIL             10 NW ATWOOD            39.91N 101.17W
06/15/2009  E1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   PUBLIC

&&

GJG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
654 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0645 PM     HAIL             1 S ATWOOD              39.80N 101.04W
06/15/2009  E1.00 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   STORM CHASER

&&

024

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
655 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0630 PM     HAIL             ATWOOD                  39.81N 101.04W
06/15/2009  E1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

GJG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
729 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0725 PM     HAIL             11 SSE BENKELMAN        39.90N 101.45W
06/15/2009  E1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           KS   PUBLIC

&&

024

Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:20 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
820 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0745 PM     HAIL             7 NW TRENTON            40.25N 101.11W
06/15/2009  E1.50 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   PUBLIC

&&

GJG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
822 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

0800 PM     HAIL             SELDEN                  39.54N 100.57W
06/15/2009  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

GJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	35 min
Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	57 min
Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	45 min
Jun 15, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	25 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas	17 min
Jun 15, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	53 min
Jun 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	39 min
Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Sheridan	24 min
Jun 15, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas	35 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	52 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	45 min
Jun 15, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	3 hr
Jun 15, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	34 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Red Willow	3 hr

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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.