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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 81 min |
| Jun 18, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 73 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 23 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.