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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 2017Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2017, 6:06 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 12 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 21, 2017, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 21, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-454 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 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 21, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1047 AM MDT Wed Jun 21 2017

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221700-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
1047 AM MDT Wed Jun 21 2017 /1147 AM CDT Wed Jun 21 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Colorado...
extreme southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Ambient air temperatures and Heat Index values of 100 to 104 degrees
will be common east of the Colorado border region across northwest
Kansas and southwest Nebraska this afternoon.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected mainly east of the
Colorado border area this afternoon through early evening with a
slight risk of severe storms east of a line from Tribune, Kansas to
McCook, Nebraska. Large hail, damaging wind gusts and locally heavy
rainfall are the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms across the Tri-State
region Thursday afternoon through Thursday night. Damaging winds and
large hail are the main threats. Locally heavy rainfall will also
increase the threat for flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
237 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2017

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

0216 PM     HAIL             11 SE LEOTI             38.37N 101.21W
06/21/2017  E0.50 INCH       WICHITA            KS   PUBLIC

            A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL AROUND DIME SIZE. RADAR ESTIMATED
            TIME.

&&

CLT
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
241 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2017

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

0216 PM     HAIL             11 SSE LEOTI            38.34N 101.28W
06/21/2017  E0.50 INCH       WICHITA            KS   PUBLIC

            A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL AROUND DIME SIZE. RADAR ESTIMATED
            TIME.

&&

CLT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
344 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

KSZ042-212115-
Wichita KS-
344 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM CDT...

At 344 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles south of Leoti, moving east at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lydia.

LAT...LON 3839 10154 3837 10113 3827 10112 3826 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 292DEG 23KT 3829 10141

JN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
252 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2017

KSZ041-042-212115-
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
252 PM MDT WED JUN 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA AND SOUTHERN
GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT/415 PM CDT/...

At 252 PM MDT/352 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 13 miles south of Towner, or 17 miles north of Coolidge,
moving east at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Wichita and southern Greeley Counties.

LAT...LON 3837 10204 3840 10153 3826 10153 3826 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 270DEG 21KT 3829 10199

JN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham23 min
Jun 20, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan31 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan15 min
Jun 21, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman28 min
Jun 21, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita28 min
Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita9 min
Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita31 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley23 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley25 min
Jun 21, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita19 min
Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita35 min
Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove33 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.