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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 2014Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 22, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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 22, 5:23 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:23 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
130 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
130 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2014 /230 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT) IN FAR EASTERN COLORADO AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. AS THE DISTURBANCE CONTINUES
EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AN ORGANIZED LINE
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH
ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT).

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:14 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:35 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:43 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:45 PM MDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace26 min
Jun 21, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace27 min
Jun 21, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman32 min
Jun 21, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace26 min
Jun 21, 9:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman41 min
Jun 21, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace37 min
Jun 21, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas43 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Jun 22, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita37 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman41 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley54 min
Jun 22, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace31 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace39 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman51 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson36 min
Jun 21, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson56 min
Jun 21, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson32 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma56 min
Jun 21, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson50 min
Jun 21, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson38 min
Jun 22, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Jun 22, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson59 min
Jun 22, 3:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson3 hr
Jun 22, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson25 min
Jun 22, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Jun 22, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson39 min
Jun 22, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson26 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Jun 22, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma38 min
Jun 22, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma44 min
Jun 22, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma35 min
Jun 21, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy30 min
Jun 21, 8:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow17 min
Jun 21, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow16 min
Jun 21, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy33 min
Jun 21, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow28 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy60 min
Jun 21, 9:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow50 min
Jun 21, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow35 min
Jun 21, 11:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.