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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 20144 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 2:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. 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: Jun 5, 2014, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 5, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:46 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:52 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:53 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
102 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

KSZ013-014-027-028-050730-
LOGAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-
102 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...SHERMAN
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 100 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOODLAND TO 16 MILES
SOUTH OF RULETON TO WESKAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3879 10205 3891 10205 3914 10200 3946 10205
      3949 10117 3909 10121 3878 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 272DEG 20KT 3939 10169 3912 10180
          3887 10192

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:08 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
113 AM MDT THU JUN 05 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0112 AM     HAIL             TRIBUNE                 38.47N 101.75W
06/05/2014  M0.88 INCH       GREELEY            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT RECEIVED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.

&&

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	28 min
Jun 5, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	53 min
Jun 5, 1:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Greeley	30 min
Jun 5, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	8 min
Jun 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	36 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	28 min
Jun 5, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	37 min
Jun 5, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	51 min
Jun 5, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	49 min
Jun 5, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	20 min
Jun 5, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	43 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Trego	33 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	33 min
Jun 4, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	46 min
Jun 4, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Lincoln	17 min
Jun 4, 11:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	36 min
Jun 5, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	37 min
Jun 5, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	3 hr
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
Jun 5, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	26 min
Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	19 min

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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.