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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Goodland, KS

August 19, 2010Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2010, 5:30 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2010, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2010, 5:52 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

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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 19, 5:16 PM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 5:16 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 10:35 AM MDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1035 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1035 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2010 /1135 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON INCREASING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE...BUT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLORADO
KANSAS BORDER LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
224 PM MDT THU AUG 19 2010

KSZ014-192100-
THOMAS-
324 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEVANT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE LEVANT AND BREWSTER.

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

024
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
248 PM MDT THU AUG 19 2010

KSZ002-014-192115-
RAWLINS-THOMAS-
348 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND THOMAS
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH FROM NORTH CENTRAL
THOMAS COUNTY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY.

MAINLY RURAL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

024
Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:25 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:26 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

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