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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Goodland, KS

June 30, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2023, 4:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 30, 2023, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS

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 30, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 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 30, 4:26 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:26 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
104 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011915-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
104 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023 /204 PM CDT Fri Jun 30 2023/

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

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for areas along and west
of Highway 25 through 7 pm MDT/8 pm CDT. You can expect hail up to
two inches in diameter and wind gusts up to 70 MPH with the
strongest storms. An isolated tornado or two is also possible.

A Flood Watch for potential Flash Flooding remains in effect for the
entire Tri State region this afternoon and tonight. Locally heavy
rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible, and will
impact all primary and secondary roadways.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

Thunderstorms may form Tuesday afternoon and evening over the Tri-
State Area as a strong cold front moves through.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed. Please send any severe or
flooding reports to the National Weather Service in Goodland via
phone or social media. Please do so safely.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
140 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

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

0139 PM     Rain             3 E Vona                39.31N 102.69W
06/30/2023  M0.50 inch       Kit Carson         CO   Trained Spotter

            Rainfall total in 15 minutes.

&&

JN

Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
154 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

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

0147 PM     Tornado          7 N Seibert             39.39N 102.87W
06/30/2023                   Kit Carson         CO   Storm Chaser

            Storm chaser located about 6 miles N of
            Seibert on Highway 59 reported a few brief
            touchdowns/ground circulations between 1:45
            and 1:50 pm MDT.

&&

Vincent

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:59 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
259 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

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

0255 PM     Hail             10 N Burlington         39.45N 102.26W
06/30/2023  E0.75 inch       Kit Carson         CO   NWS Employee

            Off-duty NWS employee reported dime size
            hail accumulating to a depth of 2 inches on
            Highway 385 about 10 miles north of
            Burlington, CO.

&&

Vincent

Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:17 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:19 PM CDT, 13 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 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	25 min
Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	16 min
Jun 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	31 min
Jun 29, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	31 min
Jun 29, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	32 min
Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	30 min
Jun 30, 1:02 PM CDT	Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	9 hr
Jun 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	57 min
Jun 30, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	38 min
Jun 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	14 min
Jun 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	13 min
Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	50 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	59 min
Jun 30, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	26 min
Jun 30, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	70 min
Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Thomas	3 hr
Jun 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	37 min
Jun 30, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	53 min
Jun 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	14 min
Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Sherman	14 hr
Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	65 min
Jun 30, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	28 min
Jun 30, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	3 hr
Jun 30, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	14 hr
Jun 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	33 min
Jun 30, 2:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	39 min
Jun 30, 3:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	32 min
Jun 30, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	14 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	63 min
Jun 30, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	25 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	49 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	32 min
Jun 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	47 min
Jun 30, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.