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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

April 29, 2012Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2012, 6:37 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. 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 29, 2012, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Gove County, KS

The radar

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The text

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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 29, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
333 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

COZ090-NEZ079-292200-
DUNDY-YUMA COUNTY-
333 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO AND DUNDY
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 329 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAIRD...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 4029 10175 4006 10175 4005 10219 4023 10217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 279DEG 7KT 4013 10206

STASSER

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:10 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

KSZ014-028-292345-
LOGAN-THOMAS-
610 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

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

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONUMENT...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 3904 10117 3905 10117 3921 10111 3917 10075
      3913 10076 3913 10081 3900 10081 3895 10084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 286DEG 17KT 3910 10102

FS/SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:16 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
516 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     HAIL             4 W OAKLEY              39.13N 100.93W
04/29/2012  E0.50 INCH       LOGAN              KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

FS

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
637 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

KSZ028-029-300000-
GOVE-LOGAN-
637 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND GOVE
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 3900 10097 3914 10090 3914 10086 3911 10054
      3889 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 289DEG 20KT 3906 10082

FS/SCHAFFER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	35 min
Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	27 min

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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.