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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 20156 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 2:41 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 64 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, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 3, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 4, 12:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1119 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015

KSZ004-040500-
NORTON KS-
1119 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1119 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR ALMENA...OR 13 MILES EAST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3979 9973 4000 9976 4000 9962 3979 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 263DEG 11KT 3990 9965

BULLER

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1118 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015

COZ092-040600-
CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-
1118 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT...

AT 1117 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF BOYERO...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN GOODLAND.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3869 10317 3869 10316 3903 10316 3904 10294
      3884 10276 3864 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 236DEG 20KT 3883 10325

BULLER

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 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

BULLER

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	46 min
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	26 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	41 min
Jun 4, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	55 min
Jun 4, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	63 min
Jun 4, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	25 min
Jun 4, 8:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	89 min
Jun 4, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	42 min
Jun 4, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	45 min
Jun 4, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	51 min
Jun 4, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Furnas	33 min
Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.