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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Goodland, KS

June 14, 2013Decatur County, Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2013, 2:38 PM CDT for Decatur County, Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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, 2013, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1053 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1053 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013 /1153 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE
FROM SHARON SPRINGS TO HILL CITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS. VISIBILITY MAY BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO A MILE DUE TO
BLOWING DIRT FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TRIBUNE TO RUSSELL SPRINGS TO GOVE LINE.
WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 18 PERCENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman59 min
Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne58 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace45 min
Jun 13, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas47 min
Jun 13, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins25 min
Jun 13, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas19 min
Jun 13, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur33 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur30 min
Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman36 min
Jun 13, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins24 min
Jun 13, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas23 min
Jun 13, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas42 min
Jun 13, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas52 min
Jun 14, 5:49 AM CDTRed Flag WarningGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita13 hr
Jun 14, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur29 min
Jun 14, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton32 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton27 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy31 min
Jun 13, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow30 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.