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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Goodland, KS

June 9, 2023Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2023, 3:09 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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 9, 2023, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2023, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1206 PM MDT Fri Jun 9 2023

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101815-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
1206 PM MDT Fri Jun 9 2023 /106 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A few strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
going into the night. The primary hazards include hail up to one
inch in diameter, wind gusts up to 65 mph, and locally heavy rainfall
which could produce flash flooding. The area of greatest concern is
generally along and south of Nebraska border.

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

There will be a continued risk for flooding from prolonged heavy
rainfall with any storms that develop during the weekend into early
next week. A few strong to severe thunderstorms can not be
completely ruled out Saturday and Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected. We would appreciate reports of
severe weather and heavy rainfall via telephone and social media.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:41 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:58 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins28 min
Jun 9, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan24 min
Jun 9, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan37 min
Jun 9, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas18 min
Jun 9, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur14 min
Jun 9, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins35 min
Jun 9, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan18 min
Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan13 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan33 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur26 min
Jun 9, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas22 min
Jun 9, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan25 min
Jun 9, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan17 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur26 min
Jun 9, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan28 min
Jun 9, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas24 min
Jun 9, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton32 min
Jun 9, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas27 min
Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas22 min
Jun 9, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan33 min
Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas30 min
Jun 9, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove25 min
Jun 9, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas35 min
Jun 9, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas25 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton38 min
Jun 9, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove36 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas33 min
Jun 9, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove31 min
Jun 9, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan26 min
Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman36 min
Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan15 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman21 min
Jun 9, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove32 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
Jun 9, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove27 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan19 min
Jun 9, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan31 min
Jun 9, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove37 min
Jun 9, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan16 min
Jun 9, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jun 9, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Jun 9, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan32 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan3 hr
Jun 9, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
Jun 9, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita29 min
Jun 9, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley23 min
Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley17 min
Jun 9, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace, Wichita31 min
Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson35 min
Jun 9, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson33 min
Jun 9, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson37 min
Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson37 min
Jun 9, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson31 min
Jun 9, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.