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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2022Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2022, 4:13 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. 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 4, 2022, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2022, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
47 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 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2022-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2022-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 10:54 AM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1054 AM MDT Sat Jun 4 2022

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051700-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
1054 AM MDT Sat Jun 4 2022 /1154 AM CDT Sat Jun 4 2022/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move into
far eastern Colorado by 3 PM MDT, continuing east into extreme
southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas by 5 PM MDT (6 PM CDT). The
storms will continue moving east, exiting the Tri-State area around
midnight MDT (1 AM CDT).

Large hail up to the size of tennis balls and wind gusts in excess of
65 mph will be the main threat with any of these storms. Locally
heavy rain may create flooding, especially if these storms move over
areas that received heavy rain on Friday, such as east-Central Yuma
county. A brief tornado is possible, but not expected to be a
widespread threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

On Sunday, another round of strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected to develop in the vicinity of the Colorado Kansas border by
3 PM MDT, continuing east across extreme southwest Nebraska and
northwest Kansas through about 11 PM MDT (midnight CDT). Large hail,
heavy rain and damaging wind gusts will be possible with these
storms. A brief tornado is possible, but not expected to be a
widespread threat.

An active weather pattern is expected to continue through the coming
week, with late afternoon and evening thunderstorms expected most
days. The threat for severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain will
continue through this period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

If you observe any form of severe weather or flooding, please report
it to the National Weather Service in Goodland.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:26 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
410 PM MDT Sat Jun 4 2022

COZ091-KSZ013-027-042245-
Kit Carson County CO-Wallace KS-Sherman KS-
410 PM MDT Sat Jun 4 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Kit
Carson, northwestern Wallace and southwestern Sherman Counties
through 445 PM MDT...

At 409 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles southeast of Burlington, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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 Kit
Carson, northwestern Wallace and southwestern Sherman Counties.

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 445 and
448.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 10211 3915 10189 3905 10213 3905 10215
      3917 10226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 230DEG 7KT 3916 10215

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Trigg

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, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita35 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, 4:32 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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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.