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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2013Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2013, 8:34 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 8:34 PM MDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2013, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

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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 4, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 6:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
410 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
410 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 /510 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF COLORADO AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING...WITH THE MAIN
THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON
MONDAY NIGHT.

NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:47 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
747 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

COZ091-050155-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
747 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

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

AT 745 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF THURMAN...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF
FLAGLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10315 3957 10296 3957 10295 3946 10306
      3949 10316 3956 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 295DEG 18KT 3958 10311

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:54 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
754 PM MDT TUE JUN 04 2013

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

0750 PM     HAIL             3 SSE SELKIRK           38.43N 101.52W
06/04/2013  E1.50 INCH       WICHITA            KS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:20 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:25 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
825 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

KSZ027-050245-
WALLACE-
825 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 822 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...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 3887 10169 3902 10170 3905 10148 3885 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 267DEG 20KT 3893 10157

LUNDQUIST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	47 min
Jun 4, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	54 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	20 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	14 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	48 min
Jun 4, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	9 min
Jun 4, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	51 min
Jun 4, 6:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	11 min
Jun 4, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	13 min
Jun 4, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	21 min
Jun 4, 7:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	8 min
Jun 4, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	44 min

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Sources

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