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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 2024Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2024, 7:11 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 21, 2024, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 2024-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 607 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2024-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman36 min
Jun 21, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.