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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Goodland, KS

August 1, 1998Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1998, 5:43 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 1, 1998, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 1998, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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
Aug 1, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Aug 1, 2:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.