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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 2015Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2015, 1:12 AM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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, 2015, 1:12 AM MDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2015, 2:15 AM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 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, 11:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 11:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1154 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-060600-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1154 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE COLORADO BORDER. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
ARE LIKELY AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS
OF THE TRI-STATE REGION.

.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, 8:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 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, 3 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

1032 PM     HAIL             5 W HOXIE               39.36N 100.53W
06/04/2015  E1.25 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RHUSTED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1049 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015

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

1046 PM     HAIL             10 S SHARON SPRINGS     38.75N 101.75W
06/04/2015  M0.88 INCH       WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RHUSTED

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1208 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

NEZ081-050545-
RED WILLOW NE-
1208 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

AT 1207 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF DANBURY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COUNTY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4001 10019 4001 10072 4035 10075 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 262DEG 20KT 4004 10052

BULLER

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:37 AM MDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1237 AM MDT FRI JUN 05 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

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.

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

0710 PM     HAIL             4 NNW PENDENNIS         38.70N 100.36W
06/04/2015  E3.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CRATERS IN THE GROUND FROM HAIL...MEASURED POST STORM BY
            STORM CHASER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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

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.

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

0846 PM     HAIL             1 NE SELDEN             39.55N 100.55W
06/04/2015  M1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON ROUTE 83.

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

1032 PM     HAIL             5 W HOXIE               39.36N 100.53W
06/04/2015  E1.25 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1046 PM     HAIL             10 S SHARON SPRINGS     38.75N 101.75W
06/04/2015  M0.88 INCH       WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MBULLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	51 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	30 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	35 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	20 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	31 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	67 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	19 min
Jun 4, 7:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	42 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	60 min
Jun 4, 8:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	28 min
Jun 4, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	65 min
Jun 4, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	68 min
Jun 4, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	33 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	6 hr
Jun 4, 8:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Sheridan	49 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	60 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	62 min
Jun 4, 9:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	38 min
Jun 4, 10:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	59 min
Jun 4, 10:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	44 min
Jun 4, 10:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	66 min
Jun 4, 11:47 PM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	9 hr
Jun 5, 5:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	7 hr
Jun 5, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	17 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	49 min
Jun 5, 3:29 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	4 hr
Jun 5, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	40 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	46 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	26 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	45 min
Jun 5, 5:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	26 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	10 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	20 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	30 min
Jun 5, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	12 min
Jun 4, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	39 min
Jun 4, 7:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	42 min
Jun 4, 11:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	37 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.