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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2013, 4:13 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
- May 19, 2013, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 May 19, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 125 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 1133 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A VORTICITY LOBE ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER SYSTEM STILL EXPECT A FEW TO LINGER EVEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MONDAY LOOKS LIKE A VIRTUAL REPEAT...WITH ANOTHER VORT LOBE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WHICH IS NEARLY STATIONARY. CONSEQUENTLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. INSTABILITY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE VERY LIMITED...LESS THAN 500 J/KG IS FORECAST...SO SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 120 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 UPPER LOW TO CONTINUE INFLUENCING THE AREAS WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER RIDGING MOVES IN AHEAD OF A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATES. OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD GENERALLY IN THE 40S. HIGHS TUESDAY MID/UPPER 60S NORTH TO MID 70S SOUTH...MID 70S NORTH TO LOW 80S SOUTH WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY TUESDAY WITH RATHER LIGHT WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY. STILL EXPECTING SOME SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS ONE LAST DISTURBANCE ROTATES ACROSS THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. WEDNESDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY...FORECAST AREA CAUGHT IN BETWEEN UPPER LOW TO THE NORTHWEST AND UPPER HIGH ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY IT APPEARS THAT MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL FLOW INTO THE AREA DURING THE PERIOD LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS BY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1133 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. EITHER KGLD OR KMCK COULD SEE A BRIEF FLIGHT CATEGORY RESTRICTION FROM THIS ACTIVITY. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...024 LONG TERM...99 AVIATION...024
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 11:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:40 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
340 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
KSZ028-192100-
LOGAN-
340 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAKLEY TO
MONUMENT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 10117 3914 10116 3913 10081 3903 10081
3896 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 270DEG 17KT 3910 10085 3905 10104
LUNDQUISTSpecial weather statement, May 19, 3:58 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 358 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 KSZ014-029-192110- GOVE-THOMAS- 358 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST THOMAS AND NORTHWEST GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAKLEY ALONG THE GOVE AND THOMAS COUNTY LINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 3920 10072 3905 10071 3906 10081 3920 10081 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 267DEG 16KT 3913 10077 LUNDQUIST
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 413 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 KSZ015-029-192130- GOVE-SHERIDAN- 413 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN AND NORTH CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRINNELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 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 3919 10049 3907 10049 3907 10063 3918 10062 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 271DEG 15KT 3914 10057 LUNDQUIST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 40 min |
| May 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 20 min |
| May 19, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 12 min |
| May 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 20 min |
| May 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 19 min |
| May 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 15 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 31 min |
| May 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 18 min |
| May 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 20 min |
| May 19, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 18 min |
| May 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 17 min |
| May 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 19 min |
| May 19, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| May 19, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| May 19, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 43 min |
| May 19, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| May 19, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 43 min |
| May 19, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| May 19, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 38 min |
| May 19, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 59 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 79 min |
| May 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 21 min |
| May 19, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| May 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 25 min |
| May 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 31 min |
| May 19, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.