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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

June 28, 2012Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2012, 10:38 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
Jun 28, 2012, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2012, 10:55 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 28, 10:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 10:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 12:01 PM CDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1101 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-291645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1101 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 /1201 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 110 DEGREES.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING....BRINGING THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WITH THE
CURRENT FIRE DANGER...LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FIRES EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY
THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MEET OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE COMING WEEK.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
754 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

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

0718 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 NNE GOODLAND         39.51N 101.62W
06/28/2012  M54.00 MPH       SHERMAN            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

MBULLER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
758 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

COZ091-KSZ001-013-014-027-290220-
CHEYENNE-KIT CARSON COUNTY-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-
758 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO...THOMAS...SHERMAN AND...CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 756 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HALE TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF EDSON...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3962 10141 3957 10141 3957 10128 3955 10123
      3913 10141 3913 10148 3903 10148 3917 10222
      3957 10211 3958 10205 3984 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 192DEG 38KT 3956 10202 3919 10151

LUNDQUIST
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
820 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

COZ091-KSZ001-002-013-014-290245-
CHEYENNE-KIT CARSON COUNTY-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
820 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO...THOMAS...SHERMAN...RAWLINS AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST KANSAS.

AT 814 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF ST.
FRANCIS TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWSTER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10119 3913 10139 3930 10220 3958 10209
      3958 10205 3967 10205 3991 10195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 199DEG 29KT 3984 10193 3934 10141

LUNDQUIST
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:59 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
859 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

KSZ003-015-290320-
DECATUR-SHERIDAN-
959 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012

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

AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SELDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS TO 55 MPH AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3936 10056 3938 10072 3957 10072 3957 10074
      3977 10074 3970 10018 3966 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 221DEG 32KT 3949 10056

LUNDQUIST
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
920 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

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

0910 PM     HAIL             4 SW TRENTON            40.13N 101.07W
06/28/2012  E1.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ON HIGHWAY 25 TWO MILES SOUTH OF SWANSON
            RESERVOIR. ALSO HAD WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman24 min
Jun 28, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman39 min
Jun 28, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
Jun 28, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman25 min
Jun 28, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins38 min
Jun 28, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan21 min
Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins42 min
Jun 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur39 min
Jun 28, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma13 min
Jun 28, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma28 min
Jun 28, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson51 min
Jun 28, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma20 min
Jun 28, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma23 min
Jun 28, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy8 min
Jun 28, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy9 min
Jun 28, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy45 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.