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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Goodland, KS

June 20, 2013Rawlins County, Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2013, 7:13 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 2013, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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, 7:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:44 AM CDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1044 AM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211215-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1044 AM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 /1144 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS VERY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
ADJACENT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE VERY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
GENERALLY EAST OF THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER AND AGAIN LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS.

JJM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

KSZ041-202330-
GREELEY-
503 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25-30
MPH.  WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE HAVE BEEN REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TRIBUNE DUE TO DUST CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 10198 3849 10161 3829 10162 3828 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 221DEG 22KT 3841 10183

LUNDQUIST

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
605 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

KSZ041-202330-
GREELEY-
505 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25-30 MPH.  WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE HAVE BEEN REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TRIBUNE DUE TO DUST CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 10198 3849 10161 3829 10162 3828 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 221DEG 22KT 3841 10183

LUNDQUIST

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

KSZ041-042-202330-
GREELEY-WICHITA-
608 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY AND WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR SELKIRK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  LEOTI BY 620 PM CDT...

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3853 10164 3861 10146 3847 10129 3839 10155
      3841 10165 3850 10166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 237DEG 33KT 3848 10152

LUNDQUIST

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
630 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

KSZ041-042-202340-
GREELEY-WICHITA-
630 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREELEY COUNTY AND WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TRIBUNE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LEOTI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  RURAL GREELEY COUNTY AT 540 PM MDT
  RURAL WICHITA COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10183 3869 10151 3871 10139 3870 10112
      3853 10113 3845 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 243DEG 33KT 3855 10164 3863 10126

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	12 min
Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	22 min
Jun 20, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	14 min
Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	16 min
Jun 20, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	14 min
Jun 20, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	20 min
Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	17 min
Jun 20, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	17 min
Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	15 min
Jun 21, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	8 min
Jun 21, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	7 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	9 min
Jun 21, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	11 min
Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	9 min
Jun 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Phillips	11 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.