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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 3:40 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2012, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 15, 2:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:51 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 251 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-162015- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 251 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012 /351 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DUE TO WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TRI-BORDER REGION OF COLORADO...NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A SURFACE TROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL PRECEDE A COLD FRONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. STORM COVERAGE WILL DECREASE BY MID EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE TRI- STATE AREA...WITH STORMS COMING TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SAME PATTERN CONTINUES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JTL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:40 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
340 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012
KSZ013-152215-
SHERMAN-
340 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF RULETON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
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LAT...LON 3916 10204 3933 10199 3930 10151 3913 10155
3913 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 281DEG 9KT 3923 10190
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 4:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 14 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 41 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.