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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 2020Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2020, 4:03 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 2020, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2020, 4:50 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 21, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2020-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2453 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2020-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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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 21, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Goodland KS
103 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020

.SHORT TERM...(Through Tonight)
Issued at 1245 AM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020

As of 12:00 pm MDT, updrafts have begun to develop along the
dryline in Wallace/Logan counties. Thus far, updrafts have
remained relatively disorganized, however, as updrafts unzip
further east along the dryline -- in an increasingly unstable
airmass (mlcape 3500-4500 J/kg), damaging winds and large hail
will become increasingly likely. Expect activity to propagate ESE-
SE toward Garden City/Dodge City/Hays by 00Z.

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Sunday)
Issued at 102 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020

Daily chances for showers and storms are possible through the
weekend.  An upper trough will be over the High Plains and Central
High Plains Monday morning with northwest flow aloft over the Tri-
State area.  An upper ridge will be situated over the Western CONUS.
Showers and thunderstorms will be possible Monday and Tuesday as
embedded shortwave troughs move through the northwest flow into the
region.  Temperatures will range from the low to mid-80s for highs
both days.  Lows will be primarily in the 50s.

A lee trough is expected to develop on Wednesday with trough axis to
the west of the Kansas-Colorado border.  The ridge will begin to
flatten as it moves to the east, resulting in flow becoming zonal
Thursday night.  Showers and thunderstorms will be possible in the
afternoon and evening hours.  Temperatures will begin a gradual
warming trend Wednesday afternoon, returning to the upper 80s to low
90s.

Another upper trough will move across the Western U.S. Thursday
evening into Friday.  Flow will become southwest aloft over the Tri-
State area.  Showers and thunderstorms will be possible Thursday and
Friday.  The weekend is expected to remain dry for now with highs in
the 90s.
&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon)
Issued at 1145 AM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020

VFR conditions are anticipated to prevail through the TAF period.
Although an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out this
afternoon -- activity is anticipated to remain south and east of
the GLD/MCK terminals. NW winds will increase to 15-25 knots late
this afternoon, veering to the N and decreasing to 10-15 knots AOA
sunset this evening.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...VINCENT
LONG TERM...AW
AVIATION...VINCENT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 10:02 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
902 AM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221515-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
902 AM MDT Sun Jun 21 2020 /1002 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

Severe thunderstorms capable of producing golf ball to baseball size
hail and wind gusts up to 75 mph are possible this afternoon, mainly
east of Highway 83 between 1-6 pm MDT. Storms will develop along or
near a line from Tribune-Colby-McCook by 1-2 pm MDT, quickly evolving
into a squall line that progresses east southeast into central
Kansas (east of Highway 283) by 4 to 6 PM MDT.

Additionally, near critical fire weather conditions are anticipated
in Eastern Colorado this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected Monday and Tuesday across the
area. However, the risk for severe storms will be low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters and storm chasers are encouraged to report severe weather
(hail of any size, wind damage, measured wind gusts above 55 mph,
etc.) to the National Weather Service in Goodland via Twitter and
Facebook @NWSGoodland or via telephone by calling 1-800-272-7811.

Vincent

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
233 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0221 PM     HAIL             1 SW MARIENTHAL         38.48N 101.22W
06/21/2020  E0.25 INCH       WICHITA            KS   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZE HAIL AND 20-30 MPH WINDS REPORTED
            VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

KMK
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton55 min
Jun 20, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham19 min
Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham11 min
Jun 20, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton24 min
Jun 20, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton66 min
Jun 21, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan38 min
Jun 21, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan68 min
Jun 21, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove46 min
Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan57 min
Jun 21, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita65 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan, Thomas3 hr
Jun 21, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan54 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan77 min
Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita57 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.