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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2015Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 8:23 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 4, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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 4, 7:25 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
620 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-060030-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
620 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING AS THE MAIN
THREATS.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE COLORADO BORDER. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE ARE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE TRI-STATE AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...PRIMARILY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE
INCLUDING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
740 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

KSZ029-050115-
GOVE KS-
740 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF UTICA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GOVE
COUNTY.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10045 3896 10042 3896 10017 3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 240DEG 49KT 3877 10024

MENTZER
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:02 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
702 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0655 PM     HAIL             LUDELL                  39.85N 100.96W
06/04/2015  E2.50 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RAWLINS COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED A REPORT OF GOLF BALL TO
            TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.

&&

HILL
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
703 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0645 PM     HAIL             3 SSW LUDELL            39.81N 100.98W
06/04/2015  M1.50 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

RHUSTED
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
707 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0701 PM     HAIL             4 SE LUDELL             39.81N 100.91W
06/04/2015  M1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   STORM CHASER

&&

RHUSTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove51 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins30 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove35 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins20 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove31 min
Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove19 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham42 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton60 min
Jun 4, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur28 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove65 min
Jun 4, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan68 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove33 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Norton6 hr
Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSheridan49 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton60 min
Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan62 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jun 4, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan38 min
Jun 4, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton59 min
Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan44 min
Jun 4, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace66 min
Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace9 hr
Jun 5, 6:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman7 hr
Jun 5, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan17 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace49 min
Jun 5, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson63 min
Jun 5, 4:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson4 hr
Jun 5, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne47 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson40 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson46 min
Jun 5, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson45 min
Jun 5, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma26 min
Jun 5, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne10 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson20 min
Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGLDKit Carson, Yuma30 min
Jun 5, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne12 min
Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock39 min
Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock42 min
Jun 5, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow37 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.