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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2012, 12:52 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 12:52 AM MDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 1:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Apr 26, 11:57 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 11:57 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1157 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 234 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AHEAD OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT
NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT...AND WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE PRIOR TO
06Z. CONSIDERING POINT SOUNDINGS...SEVERE POTENTIAL AFTER 06Z WILL
BE LIMITED BY A STRONG CAP. SEVERE STORMS SEEM LEAST LIKELY IN THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE REGION WHERE CAPE IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH
LOWER THAN FURTHER WEST. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AS A LOW LEVEL
JET STRENGTHENS THIS EVENING. THE JET WILL INCREASE WIND
SHEAR...BUT GIVEN THE HEIGHT OF LCLS...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREATS RATHER THAN TORNADOES. WARM
AIR ADVECTION WILL BE STRONG THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...HELPING TO
SUSTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT...GUIDANCE SHOWS STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH
TRACKING DIRECTLY OVER OUR CWA FRIDAY MORNING...AND QUICKLY MOVING
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. AS A RESULT
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS WITH COVERAGE DECREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM
THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. THERE IS INDICATION FROM THE GFS OF
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS LARGE SCALE UPPER LOW OVER
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TAKES A JOG SOUTH TOWARDS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...AND BAROCLINIC ZONE SET UP NEAR THE NW EXTENT OF THE CWA.
MAJORITY OF GUIDANCE DOES NOT SHOW THIS JOG SOUTH...BUT RATHER
FAVORS THE LARGE SCALE LOW REMAINING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. I LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NW PART OF
THE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POTENTIAL...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWA
BY MID MORNING AND SPREAD EAST AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE
CWA. WHILE THIS DOES NOT LOOK TO BE A LONG LIVED WIND
EVENT...WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE UPPER
LOW. AN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL LOCATIONS IN THE FORECAST
AREA...EXCLUDING NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES WHERE WINDS SHOULD
REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
FRIDAY NIGHT...DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SUBSIDENCE
BUILDING BACK OVER THE CWA. WITH CLOUDS CLEARING FROM THE WEST AND
WINDS DECREASING OVERNIGHT...PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE
IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN REGARDS TO CLEARING OVER EASTERN
LOCATIONS...SO FOR NOW I ADDED PATCHY FROST ONLY TO WESTERN PARTS
OF THE CWA WHERE OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 33-35F RANGE ARE CURRENTLY
FORECAST.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
AS THE LARGE SCALE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SHIFTS NORTH
AND EAST...W-SW FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A SERIES OF
WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL MOVE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE
TRI-STATE REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
GUIDANCE IS NOT VERY CONSISTENT ON THE HANDLING OF THESE FAST MOVING
FEATURES...SO CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON COVERAGE THROUGH THESE
PERIODS. AS A RESULT I BROAD-BRUSHED SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS...AND
RESTRICTED THUNDERSTORMS TO MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WHEN BETTER
INSTABILITY IS ADVERTISED. THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS ALSO
PROBLEMATIC DEPENDING ON EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP...SO I
KEPT TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 50S/NEAR 60. THIS MAY STILL BE TOO
WARM.
TUESDAY-THURSDAY...LARGE SCALE PATTERN SHIFTS TO A WESTERLY ZONAL
PATTERN THROUGH THE REMAINING EXTENDED PERIODS. THE MAIN STORM TRACK
REMAINS WELL NORTH OF THE CWA...WITH THE ECMWF ACTUALLY INDICATING A
RIDGE BUILDING BACK OVER THE CENTRAL US. WITH THIS IN MIND I KEPT
THE FORECAST DRY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL
VALUES ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/NEAR 80F SHOULD
BE COMMON.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1152 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO WESTERN
KANSAS. WILL SEE IMPACTS TO KGLD NO LATER THAN 07Z. A BAND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPS ALONG THE WARM FRONT NEAR
KMCK SO HAVE VCTS AT THE START OF THE EFFECTIVE PERIOD. MIGHT BE A
LULL IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN 07Z AND 09Z THIS IS NOT COMPLETELY
CERTAIN SO WILL CARRY TEMPO GROUP FOR NSW BEFORE THE SOUTHERN AREA
OF PRECIP BEGINS TO IMPACT KMCK BY AROUND 09Z. STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA AROUND MID-DAY WITH A SHIFT TO
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH 40KT AT KGLD WITH
SLIGHTLY LOWER GUSTS EXPECTED AT KMCK. GUSTS DIMINISH AFTER 01Z.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/
FRIDAY FOR KSZ001-013-027-041.
CO...WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR COZ090>092.
NE...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR NEZ080-081.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR NEZ079.
&&
SHORT TERM...CJS/DR
LONG TERM...DR
AVIATION...FOLTZHazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 2:49 PM MDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 249 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271245- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 249 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 /349 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE KANSAS AND COLORADO STATE LINE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN UNSETTLED FROM SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY. FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
805 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0802 PM HAIL 13 S TOWNER 38.28N 102.04W
04/26/2012 E0.75 INCH KIOWA CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCH RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
FOLTZLocal storm report, Apr 26, 11:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1103 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0802 PM HAIL 13 SSE TOWNER 38.30N 101.99W
04/26/2012 E0.75 INCH GREELEY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCH RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
FOLTZSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:52 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1252 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012
COZ092-270715-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
1252 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 1249 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALATEA...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KIT CARSON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 10294 3898 10266 3861 10278 3861 10302
3861 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 192DEG 49KT 3864 10290
FOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 8:28 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:18 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:59 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
Sources
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.