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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

July 30, 20125 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2012, 10:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 30, 2012, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 Jul 30, 7:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
647 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 642 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

UPDATED TO ADD POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO TH FORECAST OVER
MAINLY THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORCAST AREA.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 210 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

THURSDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THROUGH THE EVENING AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT BUILDS INTO THE AREA. FOR
NOW I HAVE KEPT MAX POPS 50 ACROSS THE NW PART OF THE CWA AROUND
03Z...WITH COVERAGE DECREASING AS ACTIVITY MOVES EAST.

H5 RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN IN RESPONSE TO SEVERAL UPPER LOWS
MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA BEGINNING THURSDAY. MEAN FLOW ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST...WITH A SERIES OF
SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING NORTH OF OUR CWA AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONTS
APPROACHING THE AREA.  THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN GUIDANCE ON TIMING/LOCATION OF THESE FEATURES...SO I KEPT
POPS LIMITED TO 20/30 THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM BACK TO AROUND 100 WEDNESDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 80S/LOW 90S SATURDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND H5 HEIGHTS LOWERING IN
RESPONSE TO RIDGE DETERIORATING. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE RIDGE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS WILL BEGIN BUILD BACK TO THE
NORTH...WITH DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECMWF AND GFS/GEFS ON STRENGTH
AND AMPLITUDE OF RIDGE. REGARDLESS OF SOLUTION A RETURN TO THE
DRY/VERY HOT PATTERN SEEMS LIKELY WITH 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES
RETURNING.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 642 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AT BOTH KGLD
AND KMCK WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS
THE KGLD TAF SITE BETWEEN 02-04Z. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST BEFORE
THEY REACH THE KMCK SITE.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...LOCKHART
LONG TERM...DR
AVIATION...LOCKHART
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:40 AM CDT, 11 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 AM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311600-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1040 AM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 /1140 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON GENERALLY EAST OF THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 1 PM MDT ALONG AND WEST OF
THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER.

JRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COZ092-KSZ027-041-310215-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-GREELEY-WALLACE-
750 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 746 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WRAY TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BEECHER ISLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DIRT ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 10205 3861 10205 3861 10210 3905 10211
      3905 10205 3913 10205 3913 10168 3846 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 306DEG 23KT 4002 10223 3980 10222

LUNDQUIST
Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
757 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 SW BONNY RESERVOIR   39.48N 102.30W
07/30/2012  E60 MPH          KIT CARSON         CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TIME ESTIMATED

&&

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
757 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COZ090-KSZ001-NEZ079-310215-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-YUMA COUNTY-
757 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

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

AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAIRD TO 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEECHER ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4014 10189 3977 10186 3980 10222 4014 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 274DEG 24KT 4008 10208 3981 10200

LUNDQUIST
Local storm report, Jul 30, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace66 min
Jul 30, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace56 min
Jul 30, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wallace25 min
Jul 30, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace64 min
Jul 30, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins, Thomas35 min
Jul 30, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma38 min
Jul 30, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson20 min
Jul 30, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma42 min
Jul 30, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma18 min
Jul 31, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson14 min
Jul 31, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson18 min
Jul 31, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 min
Jul 31, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson29 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.