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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2020, 1:44 AM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2020, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2020, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 27, 1:05 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:05 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 712 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-280115- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 712 PM MDT Fri Jun 26 2020 /812 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY... Storms are ongoing in Eastern Colorado and Southwest Nebraska this evening. These storms will continue to move from west to east over the next several hours. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 9 PM MDT for Yuma, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties in Colorado. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect for Southwestern Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas until 3 AM MDT. The main threat with any storms will be wind gusts to 70 MPH, reduced visibility due to blowing dust, hail up to quarters in diameter, and locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... On Saturday, another round of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms will move into the Tri-State Area from the west between 4 and 6 PM MDT. Hail up to quarter size and wind gusts around 70 MPH will be the main threats. Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions are expected Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday afternoons across East Central Colorado into parts of West Central Kansas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed this evening. Any reports of hail, wind gusts, blowing dust, reduced visibility, or wind damage are appreciated.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 76 min |
| Jun 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 73 min |
| Jun 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 72 min |
| Jun 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Graham | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 15 min |
| Jun 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 22 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.