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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Goodland, KS

June 20, 2010Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2010, 11:20 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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 20, 2010, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2010, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 11.0

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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 20, 3:17 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:17 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
217 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

.DISCUSSION...
200 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
DRIFT NORTH DURING THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS
THEN SETTLE BACK OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO/SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY
DAYBREAK BEFORE FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR AREAS NORTH OF THE
FRONT...SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS AS THE UPPER PATTERN REMAINS
NEARLY THE SAME. SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AM
THINKING THESE RECENT OVERNIGHT PRECIP EVENTS WILL DRIVE THE FRONT
FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE NAM IDEA.

WILL REINTRODUCE STRATUS (80%+ SKY COVER GRIDS) AND FOG INTO THE
FORECAST FAVORING NAM/RUC MODELS GIVEN THEIR PERFORMANCE THE PAST
FEW DAYS WITH OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING STRATUS/FOG PER SATELLITE
IMAGERY.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST ACROSS THE SOUTH AND LESS
HOT ACROSS THE NORTH WITH THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE
MIDDLE WHERE EITHER THE HOTTER OR LESS HOTTER AIRMASS WILL BE IN
PLACE. AROUND/NEAR 90 NORTH WITH UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 SOUTH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOW TO MID 80S EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY...BROAD UPPER RIDGE THURSDAY SLOWLY/SLIGHTLY
SHIFTS EAST FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE AT THE SFC LEE TROUGH
ALONG CO/KS BORDER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY GIVES WAY TO A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IN THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
RETURN TO THE LOW AND MID 90S.

07

&&

.AVIATION...
1132 AM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MORNING STRATUS DECK WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE AND
SHOULD LIFT AT KMCK BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN TO
POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY EVIDENT ON
VISIBLE SATELLITE NEAR INTERSTATE 70 AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED
ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL BE THE LIKELY INITIATING MECHANISMS.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN POST FRONTAL UPSLOPE REGION OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO AND MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. ANY STORM THAT
DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

024

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:40 AM CDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 AM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211245-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1040 AM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010 /1140 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A STALLED
OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM TRIBUNE TO NORTON KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON
AND MOVE INTO AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
645 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

KSZ015-029-210130-
GOVE-SHERIDAN-
745 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND
NORTHWEST GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRINNELL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 10072 3901 10081 3909 10081 3913 10074
      3913 10072 3915 10071 3937 10038 3917 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 231DEG 38KT 3905 10068

BULLER

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
659 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

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

0653 PM     HAIL             7 S GOVE                38.86N 100.50W
06/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

HENDERSON

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
852 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

KSZ002-013-014-210345-
RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
952 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...SHERMAN
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 10071 3940 10072 3913 10135 3940 10152
      3969 10084
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 241DEG 34KT 3927 10133

BULLER

Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
900 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

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

0321 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E GOVE                38.96N 100.40W
06/20/2010  M63.00 MPH       GOVE               KS   MESONET

0323 PM     HAIL             13 NW LEOTI             38.62N 101.53W
06/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       WICHITA            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTION FOR SIZE.

0417 PM     TORNADO          1 S COLBY               39.37N 101.05W
06/20/2010                   THOMAS             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF SPIN UP ALONG CONVERGENCE OF TWO BOUNDARIES.

0450 PM     TORNADO          1 NNE THE MONUMENT ROCK 38.79N 100.76W
06/20/2010                   GOVE               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WITH DISTURBANCE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH

0453 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     COLBY                   39.39N 101.05W
06/20/2010                   THOMAS             KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS BEING REPORTED OVER THE PAST 2
            MINUTES AT THE COLBY AIRPORT.

0500 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N COLBY               39.42N 101.05W
06/20/2010                   THOMAS             KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0510 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NW COLBY              39.42N 101.09W
06/20/2010                   THOMAS             KS   AMATEUR RADIO

0520 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N COLBY               39.42N 101.05W
06/20/2010                   THOMAS             KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0535 PM     FLASH FLOOD      22 ESE RUSSELL SPRINGS  38.79N 100.80W
06/20/2010                   GOVE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LOCATION IS ESTIMATED. SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS
            FLOODED.

0542 PM     TORNADO          25 S OAKLEY             38.76N 100.85W
06/20/2010                   LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC

            REPORTED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER. LOCATION APPROXIMATE.
            PERSON MAKING REPORT WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF OAKLEY LOOKING
            SOUTH.

0605 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 SSE THE MONUMENT ROCK 38.71N 100.75W
06/20/2010                   GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WITH RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD

0607 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 SE THE MONUMENT ROCKS 38.70N 100.71W
06/20/2010                   GOVE               KS   STORM CHASER

            2 FUNNEL CLOUDS RELAYED BY MEDIA

0614 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W THE MONUMENT ROCKS  38.78N 100.86W
06/20/2010                   LOGAN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER ROAD ON US83 AT ELKADER.

0653 PM     HAIL             7 S GOVE                38.86N 100.50W
06/20/2010  E1.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

HENDERSON

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:51 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
951 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

KSZ002-003-014-NEZ080-210445-
DECATUR-HITCHCOCK-RAWLINS-THOMAS-
1051 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...DECATUR
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND
HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDSLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10076 4000 10061 3988 10048 3946 10123
      3963 10141 3971 10141 4013 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 231DEG 29KT 3961 10122

BULLER

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1005 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

KSZ001-002-NEZ079-080-210430-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RAWLINS-
1105 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCDONALD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4018 10143 4015 10114 3975 10123 3979 10150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 188DEG 26KT 3985 10134

STASSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	62 min
Jun 20, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	45 min
Jun 20, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	21 min
Jun 20, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Sheridan	35 min
Jun 20, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	53 min
Jun 20, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	54 min
Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	25 min
Jun 20, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	24 min
Jun 21, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	32 min
Jun 21, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	66 min
Jun 21, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	58 min
Jun 21, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	27 min
Jun 21, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	58 min
Jun 21, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	24 min
Jun 21, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	36 min
Jun 21, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	45 min
Jun 21, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	65 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.