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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Goodland, KS

June 18, 2008Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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 18, 2008, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 18, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

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 18, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1031 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-191230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1031 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 /1131 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES...ABUNDANT LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. WHILE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STAGNATED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS EACH
DAY. IF THIS OCCURS...FLOODING MAY ALSO BECOME A CONCERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FOLTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1252 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

COZ091-181915-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
1252 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 1250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

FOLTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins81 min
Jun 18, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan73 min
Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne59 min
Jun 18, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita57 min
Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita36 min
Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Norton62 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton49 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan66 min
Jun 18, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham55 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma56 min
Jun 17, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow54 min
Jun 18, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow55 min
Jun 18, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow34 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.