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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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 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.
&&
CLTLocal 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.
&&
CLTSpecial 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 15 min |
| Jun 21, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 9 min |
| Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 39 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.