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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS

April 30, 2009Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2009, 1:44 AM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 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: Apr 30, 2009, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 61 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 06:46 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
Apr 30, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	61 min
Apr 30, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	58 min
Apr 30, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	33 min
Apr 29, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	64 min
Apr 30, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	65 min
Apr 30, 1:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Yuma	3 hr
Apr 30, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	56 min
Apr 30, 7:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.