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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2013Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2013, 1:21 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 14 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 27, 2013, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2013, 1:35 PM MDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 27, 11:53 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 11:53 AM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 12:44 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1244 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281545-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1244 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 /144 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE
ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HILL CITY TO
GOVE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THREAT
WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS DURING THE EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..

JTL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 9:25 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
925 AM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

NEZ081-271730-
RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MCCOOK
1025 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

FOG WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RED WILLOW COUNTY...WITH VISIBILITIES
DROPPING TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES...FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE DISSIPATING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

JTL
Special weather statement, May 27, 12:51 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1251 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

COZ090-271905-
YUMA COUNTY-
1251 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 1245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COPE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF JOES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3971 10281 3974 10274 3961 10259 3956 10267
      3957 10268 3957 10281 3968 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 231DEG 4KT 3962 10279

LUNDQUIST
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
121 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

COZ090-091-271935-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-YUMA COUNTY-
121 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

AT 119 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COPE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JOES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10281 3965 10281 3967 10261 3947 10258
      3950 10291 3958 10292
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 262DEG 9KT 3956 10279

LUNDQUIST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley31 min
May 27, 4:19 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace26 min
May 27, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Wallace33 min
May 27, 12:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson14 min
May 27, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma41 min
May 27, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson64 min
May 27, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma57 min
May 27, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson63 min
May 27, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne24 min
May 27, 3:55 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne35 min
May 27, 4:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.