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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Goodland, KS

July 10, 2013Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 8:53 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2013, 8:53 PM MDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 10, 1:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2013

KSZ029-110045-
GOVE-
700 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...OR NEAR
THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  THE MONUMENT ROCKS BY 710 PM CDT...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3883 10079 3885 10061 3870 10054 3869 10054
      3870 10077 3870 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 353DEG 9KT 3880 10068

THEDE

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:58 PM MDT, 55 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
Jul 10, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	45 min
Jul 10, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	32 min
Jul 11, 12:03 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	27 min
Jul 11, 12:24 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	36 min
Jul 11, 12:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	28 min
Jul 11, 12:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	26 min
Jul 11, 1:03 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	57 min
Jul 11, 1:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	25 min
Jul 11, 1:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Norton	34 min
Jul 11, 2:39 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.