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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Goodland, KS

June 30, 2018Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 5:11 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 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 30, 2018, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 30, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 12:00Z on 2018-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 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 12:00Z on 2018-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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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 30, 1:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Goodland KS
337 PM MDT Sat Jun 30 2018

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-012145-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
337 PM MDT Sat Jun 30 2018 /437 PM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018/

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

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

...Enhanced Risk for Severe Thunderstorms this Evening...

A line of thunderstorms will develop in eastern Colorado late this
afternoon and track east across the Tri-State area this evening. The
primary threat with these storms will be damaging wind gusts up to 80
mph and golf ball to tennis ball size hail. The threat for severe
weather will be greatest between 6 pm and Midnight MDT. Areas along
and north of Interstate 70 are most likely to be affected. Locally
heavy rainfall and isolated flash flooding will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

Large hail and damaging winds may occur with thunderstorms Monday
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is expected this evening.

Vincent

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:46 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
546 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

KSZ003-015-302300-
Sheridan KS-Decatur KS-
546 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Hoxie, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dresden and Leoville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 10039 3943 10060 3966 10051 3954 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 207DEG 12KT 3946 10046

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:02 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
502 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

COZ090-302315-
Yuma County CO-
502 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...

At 502 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Cope, or 22 miles south of Yuma, moving east at 30
mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Abarr and Heartstrong.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 10280 3995 10257 3968 10255 3970 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 266DEG 25KT 3981 10282

024

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace62 min
Jun 29, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita27 min
Jun 29, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins21 min
Jun 29, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins30 min
Jun 29, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Sherman, Thomas64 min
Jun 29, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins52 min
Jun 29, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas38 min
Jun 29, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas20 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas42 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove22 min
Jun 29, 9:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur31 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton52 min
Jun 29, 10:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton26 min
Jun 30, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan14 min
Jun 30, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan16 min
Jun 30, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham14 min
Jun 30, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan46 min
Jun 29, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne15 min
Jun 30, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma13 min
Jun 30, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma48 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.