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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2015Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 1:05 AM MDT for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson 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
Jun 4, 2015, 1:05 AM MDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2015, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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 3, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 3, 11:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 11:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1200 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COZ091-092-040645-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-
1200 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...

AT 1200 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOYERO...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3895 10316 3920 10266 3873 10250 3867 10317
      3868 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 257DEG 29KT 3878 10310

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:24 AM MDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1224 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COZ091-092-040715-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-
1224 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIT
CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM MDT...

AT 1222 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF KIT CARSON...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF
FLAGLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON AND NORTH CHEYENNE
COUNTIES ALSO MOVING AT THE SAME SPEED.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 421 AND 448.
 HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 197.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3902 10316 3953 10207 3886 10206 3867 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 239DEG 36KT 3886 10297

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham46 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham26 min
Jun 3, 10:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton41 min
Jun 4, 1:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace64 min
Jun 4, 2:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
Jun 4, 3:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur25 min
Jun 4, 7:31 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace89 min
Jun 3, 11:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne42 min
Jun 4, 12:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne45 min
Jun 4, 12:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne51 min
Jun 4, 4:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDFurnas33 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.