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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2020, 1:31 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 3, 2020, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2020, 1:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 3, 12:54 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:54 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 1:10 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 110 PM MDT Wed Jun 3 2020 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-041200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 110 PM MDT Wed Jun 3 2020 /210 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... There is a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms across the majority of the Tri-State area through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). A Marginal Risk for severe weather is in place for the remainder of the area. Hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging wind gusts to 70 mph and locally heavy rainfall which could cause flash flooding are all possible. The strong and sudden wind gusts could produce blowing dust and significant reductions in visibility. Landspout tornados will also be possible primarily along and west of the Colorado Kansas border for the first few hours of thunderstorm development. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... There is a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms across the majority of the Tri-State area during the late afternoon and evening hours on Thursday. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary hazards. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected across far eastern Saturday. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across far eastern Colorado Sunday. If trends continue a Fire Weather Watch will be issued in the next day or two. Near critical fire weather conditions are expected across far eastern Colorado Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed from 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT) through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). We would appreciate reports of severe weather via telephone and social media.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:05 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1105 AM MDT WED JUN 3 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0514 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE STRATTON 40.19N 101.17W
06/02/2020 M55 MPH HITCHCOCK NE MESONET
&&Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:05 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 105 PM MDT Wed Jun 3 2020 COZ091-031930- Kit Carson County CO- 105 PM MDT Wed Jun 3 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM MDT... At 105 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Seibert, moving east at 20 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Stratton, Seibert and Vona. This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 402 and 420. 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 3925 10295 3943 10295 3948 10258 3919 10259 TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 271DEG 20KT 3934 10286 Husted
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 13 min |
| Jun 3, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 14 min |
| Jun 3, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 14 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 1:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| Jun 3, 1:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 15 min |
| Jun 3, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 13 min |
| Jun 3, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 15 min |
| Jun 3, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 31 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.