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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 11, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 11, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 10:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 959 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-121215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 959 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012 /1059 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AFTER 2 PM MDT...AND THEN MOVE EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM TRENTON NEBRASKA TO LEOTI KANSAS. STORMS WILL END BY 9 PM MDT ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO... AND OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MENTZER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 427 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 2012 KSZ001-002-013-014-112315- CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- 527 PM CDT SAT AUG 11 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF WHEELER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3967 10115 3942 10121 3952 10184 3975 10180 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 280DEG 23KT 3962 10170 BULLER
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.