Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2014, 5:35 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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
- May 21, 2014, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 May 21, 2:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 2:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 234 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 234 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 /334 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A RUSSELL SPRINGS TO GOODLAND TO WRAY COLORADO LINE. THEN DURING THE NIGHT...THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. LARGE HAIL TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE LESS. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH FLASH FLOODING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 21, 12:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1245 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL 3 N BURLINGTON 39.35N 102.28W
05/20/2014 E1.75 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORTS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. LOTS OF HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS...SOME PIECES WERE AS LARGE AS GOLF
BALLS.
&&
RHUSTEDSpecial weather statement, May 21, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
424 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
COZ092-212300-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
424 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 417 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 9 MILES NORTH OF HASWELL...OR
18 MILES SOUTH OF AROYA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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 3879 10317 3884 10317 3884 10285 3861 10301
3861 10317 3861 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 204DEG 11KT 3861 10315
024Special weather statement, May 21, 5:05 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 505 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 COZ092-212330- CHEYENNE COUNTY- 505 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 500 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILD HORSE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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 3904 10302 3904 10273 3873 10285 3877 10308 TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 193DEG 15KT 3884 10294 024
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 55 min |
| May 20, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 61 min |
| May 20, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| May 20, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 63 min |
| May 20, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| May 20, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| May 21, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 36 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 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.