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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1031 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 7, 12:09 AM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 12:09 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1047 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-071200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1047 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 /1147 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM INDIANOLA TO HOXIE TO GOVE. THESE STORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 40 MPH AND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. DECREASED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM TRENTON NEBRASKA THROUGH GOODLAND KANSAS AND CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION AND A SERIES OF SYSTEMS LIFTS OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES. SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE REPORT NY SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BULLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
655 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011
KSZ027-041-070115-
GREELEY-WALLACE-
655 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 650 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HORACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 10205 3853 10205 3897 10181 3887 10149
3871 10156 3840 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 204DEG 60KT 3862 10186
050Local storm report, Oct 6, 8:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
733 PM MDT THU OCT 06 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL SHARON SPRINGS 38.89N 101.75W
10/06/2011 E1.25 INCH WALLACE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BSCHOLLLocal storm report, Oct 6, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1005 PM MDT THU OCT 06 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM HAIL 4 W OAKLEY 39.13N 100.93W
10/06/2011 E0.88 INCH LOGAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
FSTASSERLocal storm report, Oct 7, 12:09 AM CDT, 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 20 min |
| Oct 6, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 21 min |
| Oct 6, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 13 min |
| Oct 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 8 min |
| Oct 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 19 min |
| Oct 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 12 min |
| Oct 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.