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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Goodland, KS

June 23, 2013Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2013, 11:54 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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 23, 2013, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 23, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 23, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:04 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
304 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241630-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
304 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 /404 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT AS A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO
EAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON TO THE WEST AND
CROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA MAINLY BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THE EAST. THE PRIMARY THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM IDALIA COLORADO
TO COLBY AND HILL CITY KANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM YUMA AND
WRAY COLORADO TO ATWOOD...HOXIE AND GOVE KANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. WEST OF THIS LINE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
715 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

KSZ029-240145-
GOVE-
815 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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

AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  QUINTER BY 830 PM CDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3885 10022 3893 10042 3913 10034 3913 10014
      3893 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 209DEG 24KT 3897 10026

LOCKHART

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
929 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

COZ092-240430-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
929 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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

AT 927 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  CHEYENNE WELLS BY 1000 PM MDT...
  ARAPAHOE BY 1020 PM MDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 10266 3905 10225 3904 10222 3889 10204
      3887 10205 3861 10243 3861 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 226DEG 22KT 3869 10250

LOCKHART

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
953 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

COZ090-240430-
YUMA COUNTY-
953 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 948 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  VERNON BY 1000 PM MDT...
  WRAY BY 1015 PM MDT...
  LAIRD BY 1025 PM MDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10206 3957 10280 4043 10278 4045 10218
      4045 10208 4044 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 256DEG 26KT 3997 10240

LOCKHART

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:09 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1009 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

COZ092-240500-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
1009 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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

AT 1006 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  CHEYENNE WELLS BY 1045 PM MDT...
  ARAPAHOE BY 1100 PM MDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3904 10231 3871 10205 3861 10230 3861 10270
      3871 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 237DEG 21KT 3868 10253

LOCKHART

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:51 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1051 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

KSZ001-NEZ079-240515-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-
1151 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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

AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHAMPION TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HAIGLER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  ST. FRANCIS AND PARKS BY 1105 PM MDT...
  WHEELER BY 1210 AM CDT...
  6 MILES WEST OF BENKELMAN BY 1115 PM MDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10138 4000 10141 3958 10142 3957 10205
      4035 10205 4035 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 234DEG 36KT 4046 10171 4010 10184
          3969 10199

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	30 min
Jun 23, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	39 min
Jun 23, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	24 min
Jun 24, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	24 min
Jun 24, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	31 min
Jun 24, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	45 min
Jun 24, 4:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more	17 hr
Jun 23, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	55 min
Jun 23, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	61 min
Jun 23, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	27 min
Jun 23, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	37 min
Jun 23, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	51 min
Jun 23, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
Jun 23, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	52 min
Jun 24, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.