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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2019, 8:37 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2019, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 20, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 547 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 210 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 Expecting showers and storms this evening associated with a cold front shifting slowly southward across the central High Plains. SPC has the Tri-State area under slight risk, so expecting a few severe storms with main threats being large hail and damaging winds. Storms are expected to start around 21Z developing from our Colorado / Kansas border moving along and north of I-70 with convection ending after midnight. Overnight, there are some chances of fog developing due to the cooler moist prefrontal airmass and upslope flow. There is low confidence for any dense fog highlights, so went patchy in areas expected to be impacted by storms tonight. Lower level clouds will hang around in the morning, but skies will transition to mostly sunny. Since the airmass in place will not have changed much from today into tomorrow, with the addition of diurnal heating, we will be expecting another round of afternoon convection. Similar threats to today expected tomorrow with large hail and damaging winds accompanying the strongest storms. Today's highs will be in the mid 80s to lower 90s. This will change slightly tomorrow due to the colder airmass location. Depending on where the temperature gradient sets up, residents of the Tri-State area could see a range of daily highs between the mid 70s to lower 90s. Overnight lows tonight will sit in the mid 50s to lower 60s. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 104 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 At the start of the extended, the models are showing an upper-level low system over the PACNORWEST that is expected to deepen and move into the Central High Plains by the end of the weekend along with an associated cold front. This will produce a wet and cool weekend for the local area. Expect showers and thunderstorms, some will be Severe, with high temperatures reaching the middle to upper 70s and overnight lows dropping into the middle 40s to middle 50s. After the weekend, high pressure is anticipated to build over the High Plains and produce mostly dry conditions for the local area; however, there may be periods of isolated showers and storms associated with passing shortwave trough coming off the Front Range. High temperatures are expected to reach the lower 90s by the end of next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening) Issued at 518 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 GLD will see VFR conditions through the 00z TAF period with thunderstorms moving out of eastern Colorado and into northwest Kansas across the terminal between 01-04Z. MCK will see mainly VFR conditions thorugh the 00Z TAF period. The possibility of thunderstorms is lower and later than GLD as storms continue to move eastward through the evening across northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Have only gone VCTS at MCK between 04-08Z. There is also a possibility of MVFR conditions between 12-17Z as easterly flow brings more near surface moisture into the area for an increase in the lower clouds. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...EV LONG TERM...BW AVIATION...LOCKHART
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 504 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211645- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 504 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 /604 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A Tornado watch is in effect through 10 pm MDT (11 pm CDT) for a large portion of the central high plains region. Thunderstorms will develop across eastern Colorado after 2 pm MDT and move to the eastward across northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska through midnight. Storms that form this afternoon will be capable of producing hail in excess of 2 inches in diameter, wind gusts to 70 mph, in addition to isolated tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening generally along and north of a line from Flagler to Hill City. Large hail and damaging winds appear to be the primary threats. A tornado threat also exists, primarily across parts of far eastern Colorado. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
610 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019
COZ090-091-210030-
Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO-
610 PM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
At 610 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles north of Seibert, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Kit
Carson County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for northeastern
and east central Colorado.
LAT...LON 3957 10298 3957 10280 3968 10280 3949 10261
3936 10291 3951 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 232DEG 16KT 3949 10291
EVLocal storm report, Jun 20, 8:20 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 min |
| Jun 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 19 min |
| Jun 20, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019
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.