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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2020Decatur County, Norton County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2020, 7:23 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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 4, 2020, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 4, 6:34 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
245 PM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051200-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
245 PM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020 /345 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 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 Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms across the
the Tri-State area through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). The primary threats
will be damaging wind gusts to 75 mph and hail to an inch or so in
diameter. The strong and sudden wind gusts could produce some blowing
dust and significant reduced visibilities.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

Critical fire weather conditions are anticipated Sunday afternoon
across far eastern Colorado. If trends continue a Fire Weather Watch
will be issued in the next day or two.

Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions are expected
across far eastern Colorado Monday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated. We would appreciate any
reports of severe weather via telephone and social media.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:44 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:49 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:01 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wallace	45 min
Jun 4, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan	42 min
Jun 4, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	44 min
Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	50 min
Jun 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	43 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	46 min
Jun 4, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton	35 min
Jun 5, 1:28 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace	33 hr
Jun 5, 3:19 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	10 hr
Jun 5, 3:19 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	16 hr
Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	31 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2020 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.