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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Goodland, KS

June 1, 2024Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2024, 11:03 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2024, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2024, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.4

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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 1, 6:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:13 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
213 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-022015-
Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-
Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
213 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024 /313 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024/

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

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

Severe thunderstorms are forecast to impact most of the area
starting in the early afternoon hours and lasting until just after
midnight. Large to very hail, damaging wind gusts, and flooding are
the main threats. A tornado or two is possible.

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

Sunday has a chance for severe thunderstorms during the afternoon
and evening hours for most of the area, but favoring north of
Interstate 70. Very strong wind gusts, large hail, and flooding are
the main threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

COZ090>092-022015-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-
213 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Colorado.

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

Severe thunderstorms are forecast to impact east central Colorado
this afternoon into the evening hours. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is
in effect until 9 PM MDT for Cheyenne, Kit Carson, and Yuma counties. Large
to very hail, damaging wind gusts, and flooding are the main
threats. A tornado or two is possible.

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

Sunday has a chance for severe thunderstorms during the afternoon
and evening hours for most of the area, but favoring north of
Interstate 70. Very strong wind gusts, large hail, and flooding are
the main threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is needed this afternoon through tonight. Any
reports of severe weather or flooding are appreciated.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 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 2, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	28 min
Jun 2, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	21 min
Jun 2, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	31 min
Jun 2, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	24 min
Jun 2, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	33 min
Jun 2, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	17 min
Jun 2, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	35 min
Jun 2, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	32 min
Jun 2, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	16 min
Jun 2, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	19 min
Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	25 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	60 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Kit Carson	5 hr
Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	GLD	Yuma	33 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	48 min
Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	26 min
Jun 1, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	36 min
Jun 1, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	31 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.