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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 1, 20134 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2013, 7:10 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 65 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: Aug 1, 2013, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2013, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

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The text

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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 1, 4:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 4:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:26 AM MDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1026 AM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1026 AM MDT THU AUG 1 2013 /1126 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA
STATE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS REGION EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE ON
SATURDAY WHEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG A COLD
FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT THU AUG 01 2013

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

0547 PM     HAIL             8 SSW EDSON             39.24N 101.61W
08/01/2013  E0.50 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

BRB

Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:10 PM MDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:26 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:34 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:10 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
810 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

KSZ014-027-028-041-042-020215-
GREELEY-LOGAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA-
810 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...LOGAN COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  WINONA BY 840 PM CDT...
  MONUMENT BY 910 PM CDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10196 3890 10186 3908 10163 3914 10149
      3914 10140 3918 10140 3922 10130 3929 10082
      3870 10081 3870 10112 3827 10112 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 256DEG 21KT 3899 10146

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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 1, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	64 min
Aug 1, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	66 min
Aug 1, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	34 min
Aug 1, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	56 min
Aug 1, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	33 min
Aug 1, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove, Logan	61 min
Aug 1, 9:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan	3 hr
Aug 1, 11:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Logan	6 hr
Aug 2, 7:46 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Logan	10 hr
Aug 2, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	29 min
Aug 1, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	60 min
Aug 1, 8:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	54 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.