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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2024Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 6, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2024, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 304 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Jul 6, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
524 PM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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

0400 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNE The Monument Rock 38.78N 100.76W
07/06/2024                   Gove               KS   Public

            Reported via social media. Numerous trees
            down on the property. All were healthy.
            Storm started around 3:30 with peak winds
            occurring around 4 pm. Location also
            received 4.2 inches of rain.

&&

KMK
Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
537 PM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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

0153 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 SE Mingo              39.26N 100.93W
07/06/2024                   Thomas             KS   911 Call Center

            Delayed report. Two overturned semis
            reported near mile marker 64 on I-70
            eastbound. Semis were empty. Most
            observations in the Colby area measured
            around 50 mph when the storm came through.

&&

KMK
Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:38 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Goodland KS
538 PM MDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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

0400 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNE The Monument Rock 38.78N 100.76W
07/06/2024                   Gove               KS   Public

            Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1
            NNE The Monument Rocks. Reported via social
            media. Numerous cottonwood, elm, and cedar
            trees down on the property. All were
            healthy. Storm started around 3:30 with peak
            winds occurring around 4 pm. Location also
            received 4.2 inches of rain.

&&

KMK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita53 min
Jul 7, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita24 min
Jul 7, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
Jul 7, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita42 min
Jul 7, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman36 min
Jul 7, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
Jul 7, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita31 min
Jul 7, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Jul 7, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan37 min
Jul 7, 1:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDWichita6 hr
Jul 7, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita22 min
Jul 7, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita18 min
Jul 7, 5:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
Jul 7, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace23 min
Jul 7, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace18 min
Jul 7, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma23 min
Jul 7, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma32 min
Jul 7, 7:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma13 min
Jul 7, 7:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma10 min
Jul 7, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma37 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson60 min
Jul 7, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson33 min
Jul 7, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson33 min
Jul 7, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy20 min
Jul 7, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy32 min
Jul 7, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy21 min
Jul 7, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy14 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 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.