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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Goodland, KS

May 31, 1996Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1996, 2:56 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1996, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1996, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 3:10 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Aroya, CO
May 31, 3:40 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Aroya, CO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 May 31, 2:19 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:19 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:20 AM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:38 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-312240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
238 PM MDT (338 PM CDT) FRI MAY 31 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS PLUS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT).  NA TORNADO WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM.

IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

MENTZER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	46 min
May 31, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	49 min
May 31, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	64 min
May 31, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	65 min
May 31, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	63 min
May 31, 5:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	61 min
May 30, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	61 min
May 30, 7:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Yuma	64 min
May 30, 10:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	47 min
May 30, 10:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	62 min
May 31, 4:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	49 min
May 30, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	46 min
May 31, 12:39 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.