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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2015Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 10:39 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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, 10:39 PM MDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2015, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 10:26 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:26 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 6:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
832 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0825 PM     HAIL             GRAINFIELD              39.11N 100.47W
06/04/2015  E1.25 INCH       GOVE               KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

RHUSTED
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
844 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0825 PM     HAIL             6 ESE GOVE              38.93N 100.38W
06/04/2015  E2.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOTS OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH SOME PIECES UP
            TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

&&

RHUSTED
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
848 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0843 PM     HAIL             SELDEN                  39.54N 100.57W
06/04/2015  E1.75 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HILL
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
857 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

0853 PM     TORNADO          6 NE REXFORD            39.52N 100.66W
06/04/2015                   SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RHUSTED
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1037 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

KSZ015-050415-
SHERIDAN KS-
1037 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1036 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF HOXIE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3934 10039 3951 10056 3957 10035 3957 10018
      3935 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 255DEG 8KT 3945 10044

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove51 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins30 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove35 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins20 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGove31 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove67 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove19 min
Jun 4, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham42 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton60 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur28 min
Jun 4, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove65 min
Jun 4, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan68 min
Jun 4, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove33 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Norton6 hr
Jun 4, 8:56 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSheridan49 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton60 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan62 min
Jun 4, 9:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jun 4, 9:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan38 min
Jun 4, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton59 min
Jun 4, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan44 min
Jun 4, 11:47 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace9 hr
Jun 5, 5:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman7 hr
Jun 5, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan17 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace49 min
Jun 5, 1:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson63 min
Jun 5, 3:29 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson4 hr
Jun 5, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne47 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson40 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson46 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson45 min
Jun 5, 5:19 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma26 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne10 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson20 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGLDKit Carson, Yuma30 min
Jun 5, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne12 min
Jun 4, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock39 min
Jun 4, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock42 min
Jun 4, 11:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow37 min

Nearby

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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.