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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2013, 10:19 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 6, 2013, 10:19 PM MDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2013, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 6, 7:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 302 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-071230- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 302 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 /402 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE BEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JTL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 934 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 COZ090-070400- YUMA COUNTY- 934 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 933 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 4032 10217 4009 10215 4009 10254 4027 10256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 265DEG 12KT 4018 10243 THEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:00 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1000 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 COZ090-070430- YUMA COUNTY- 1000 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 956 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF ECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE... WRAY BY 1030 PM MDT... PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 4026 10211 4002 10212 4006 10250 4027 10250 TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 275DEG 11KT 4015 10236 THEDE
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:19 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1019 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013
COZ090-070445-
YUMA COUNTY-
1019 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
AT 1018 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALVIN...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
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LAT...LON 4033 10205 4025 10205 4020 10205 4019 10227
4034 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 101DEG 7KT 4027 10209
THEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 11:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 1:46 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 1:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 3:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 37 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 10:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 47 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Colorado, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.