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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 22, 2012Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2012, 6:42 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2012, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Cheyenne County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 22, 6:05 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 6:05 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 10:47 AM MDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1047 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231430-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1047 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012 /1147 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE
PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...WITH
STORM MOTIONS GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH THE CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM THE STRONGER STORMS INCREASES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM MDT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
529 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

COZ091-230000-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
529 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

AT 525 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
KIRK TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SEIBERT TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF SEIBERT...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 10239 3922 10257 3905 10266 3905 10306
      3924 10298 3955 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 270DEG 7KT 3953 10259 3921 10282
          3907 10291

PMURRAY/AEP

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:55 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:00 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:15 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:27 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:42 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 6:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	33 min
Aug 23, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	21 min
Aug 23, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	24 min
Aug 23, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	18 min
Aug 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	44 min
Aug 23, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	31 min
Aug 23, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	11 min
Aug 22, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	30 min
Aug 22, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	30 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.