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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 15, 2012Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 7:29 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 7:29 PM MDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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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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, 5:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 5:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
535 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 230 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

LATEST RADAR/SURFACE OBS SHOW THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH EASTERN
COLORADO AND STRETCHING NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS IS
ABOUT 6 HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. CURRENT SPEED OF THE FRONT HAS IT
EXITING THE TRI-STATE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING. STORMS
HAVE BEGUN TO FIRE ALONG A COUPLE OF SURFACE TROUGHS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT.  WITH ABOUT 15 KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR AND VERY DRY ENVIRONMENT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE STORMS TO BECOME WELL
ORGANIZED WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.  HAVE
PRECIP. CHANCES LINGERING INTO THE LATE EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE
EASTERN PART OF THE AREA...DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH
MOVING OVER THAT AREA BEHIND THE FRONT.

MEANWHILE THE WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS OF
20 TO 25 MPH. BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND 18Z NAM...AM
THINKING THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE EVENING BEFORE
DECLINING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THURSDAY A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA.  WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING LIGHT BY THE
AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S TO LOW 80S.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 230 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL RESIDE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THIS TIME.

SUBSIDENCE WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
FA. POPS WILL BE NIL FOR THOSE PERIODS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE IS
SOME SURFACE CONVERGENCE IN THE EASTERN FA BUT FORCING IS WEAK SO DO
NOT HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ANYTHING FIRING THERE ESPECIALLY SINCE
THE NEXT SHORTWAVE DOES NOT REALLY IMPACT THE FA UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT
AFTER 06Z. PLAN TO INCREASE SLIGHT CHANCE COVERAGE OVER THE
NORTHWEST FA FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE
POPS OVER MOST OF THE FA AFTER 06Z SATURDAY AS MAIN DYNAMICS COME
THROUGH. STORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE FAR EASTERN FA SATURDAY
MORNING. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FA AND CHANCE POPS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT
IN THE SOUTHEAST FA AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH.

MIN TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MID 50S. LOW
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID/UPPER 50S. MAX
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER 80S FRIDAY/SATURDAY.

FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SUBSIDENCE WILL DOMINATE
SUNDAY, OTHERWISE NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST
FLOW CREATING AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE
FORECAST.

MIN TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE FROM THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S
SATURDAY/SUNDAY NIGHTS TO THE MID 60S FOR THE REMAINING TIME. MAX
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S AND THEN WARM TO THE
UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 534 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED KMCK AND WILL MOVE THROUGH KGLD EARLY THIS
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 20-30KTS EARLY THEN
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY
SOUTH OF BOTH TERMINALS.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ001-002.

CO...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ252.

NE...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
     NEZ079>081.

&&

SHORT TERM...JTL
LONG TERM...FS
AVIATION...024

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 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, 3 hours 49 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3916 10204 3933 10199 3930 10151 3913 10155
      3913 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 281DEG 9KT 3923 10190

DR

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
406 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

KSZ027-152230-
WALLACE-
406 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

AT 402 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10177 3913 10172 3913 10148 3891 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 291DEG 8KT 3908 10162

DR

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:22 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
422 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

KSZ028-152245-
LOGAN-
522 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WINONA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10147 3913 10142 3913 10094 3894 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 275DEG 23KT 3909 10138

DR

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
535 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

KSZ003-004-160015-
DECATUR-NORTON-
635 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KANONA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3998 9984 3962 9991 3964 10058 3996 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 290DEG 11KT 3984 10035

DR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	35 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.