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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Goodland, KS

August 31, 2013Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2013, 7:59 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2013, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2013, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
704 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

NEZ079-010030-
DUNDY-
604 PM MDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 557 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPION...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF
IMPERIAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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 4024 10141 4007 10160 4026 10190 4036 10178
      4035 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 309DEG 10KT 4028 10170

JERRYK

Local storm report, Aug 31, 7:42 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
742 PM MDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0738 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
08/31/2013  E60 MPH          CHEYENNE           CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 7:57 PM MDT, 2 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 31, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	27 min
Aug 31, 6:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	41 min
Aug 31, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	26 min
Aug 31, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	31 min
Aug 31, 9:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	34 min
Aug 31, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	60 min
Aug 31, 6:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	39 min
Aug 31, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	61 min
Aug 31, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	64 min
Aug 31, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	26 min
Aug 31, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	51 min
Aug 31, 10:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	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.