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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2022Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2022, 9:16 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

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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 4, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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, 8:19 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 8:17 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
812 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2022

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

0730 PM     HAIL             BREWSTER                39.36N 101.38W
06/04/2022  E1.00 INCH       THOMAS             KS   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH LOTS OF PEA TO DIME
            SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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MRC

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
815 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0801 PM     TORNADO          5 S OBERLIN             39.75N 100.53W
06/04/2022                   DECATUR            KS   STORM CHASER

            TORNADO LASTED 2-3 MINUTES THEN ENDED.
            LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 83/ROAD
            348.

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:16 PM CDT, 0 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, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	29 min
Jun 4, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Norton	50 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	16 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	24 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Norton	49 min
Jun 4, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	24 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	41 min
Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	52 min
Jun 4, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	9 min
Jun 4, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan, Thomas	62 min
Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur	32 min
Jun 4, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	28 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	8 min
Jun 4, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	24 min
Jun 4, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	45 min
Jun 4, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	39 min
Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	35 min
Jun 4, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	28 min
Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	32 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	36 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	20 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	42 min
Jun 5, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	50 min
Jun 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	25 min
Jun 4, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	23 min
Jun 4, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	34 min
Jun 5, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	34 min
Jun 5, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	29 min
Jun 5, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	29 min
Jun 5, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	26 min
Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	19 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	30 min
Jun 5, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	24 min
Jun 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	27 min
Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	59 min
Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Red Willow	40 min
Jun 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Red Willow	4 hr
Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	30 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.