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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Goodland, KS

June 3, 20224 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2022, 7:25 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 2022, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2022, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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 3, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2022-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 325 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 00:00Z on 2022-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 3, 7:21 PM MDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:21 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:48 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

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

0643 PM     HAIL             12 NNW RULETON          39.51N 101.93W
06/03/2022  M0.75 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO
            NICKEL HAIL.

&&

KAK
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:49 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
649 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

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

0648 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 NW ECKLEY             40.15N 102.55W
06/03/2022                   YUMA               CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NORTHWEST OF ECKLEY.

&&

JN
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:53 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
653 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

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

0653 PM     HAIL             2 SE YUMA               40.10N 102.70W
06/03/2022  E0.25 INCH       YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL.

&&

JN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:11 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
811 PM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022

KSZ001-040145-
Cheyenne KS-
811 PM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas through 845 PM CDT...

At 811 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of St. Francis, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas, including the following
locations... Wheeler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3984 10171 3971 10153 3957 10178 3957 10190
      3959 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 224DEG 29KT 3962 10182

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MRC
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:16 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
716 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

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

0710 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 WSW WRAY              40.04N 102.32W
06/03/2022                   YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL JUST SOUTH
            WEST OF WRAY, ROUGHLY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST.

&&

KAK
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:21 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman32 min
Jun 3, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace30 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman23 min
Jun 3, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDGreeley, Wallace36 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Jun 3, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan25 min
Jun 3, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne, Sherman49 min
Jun 3, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita33 min
Jun 3, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove30 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove30 min
Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman35 min
Jun 4, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman36 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne36 min
Jun 3, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma61 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma76 min
Jun 3, 6:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma34 min
Jun 3, 7:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma28 min
Jun 3, 7:29 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma16 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDYuma111 min
Jun 4, 3:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Jun 4, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson35 min
Jun 4, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
Jun 4, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson51 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson47 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson43 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson48 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne42 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne41 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne47 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne73 min
Jun 4, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow23 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow16 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.