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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 6, 2013Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2013, 11:49 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2013, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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 Aug 6, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:02 PM CDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before

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, 10:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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, 11:00 PM CDT, 49 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, 11:19 PM CDT, 30 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4033 10205 4025 10205 4020 10205 4019 10227
      4034 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 101DEG 7KT 4027 10209

THEDE

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1025 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013

COZ090-KSZ001-NEZ079-070500-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-YUMA COUNTY-
1025 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...CHEYENNE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 1022 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALVIN TO LAIRD TO 7
MILES NORTH OF BEECHER ISLAND TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

  LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF ARRIVAL INCLUDE...
  HAIGLER AND BEECHER ISLAND BY 1100 PM MDT...

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE OUTFLOW WINDS APPROACHING 55 MPH AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4041 10204 4035 10204 4035 10157 4011 10161
      3997 10176 3984 10212 3984 10265 3997 10229
      4011 10214 4041 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 270DEG 11KT 4032 10200 4011 10202
          3997 10217 3989 10243

THEDE

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1049 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013

COZ090-KSZ001-070515-
CHEYENNE-YUMA COUNTY-
1049 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013

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

AT 1044 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF BEECHER
ISLAND...OR NEAR BEECHER ISLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10205 4000 10199 3957 10171 3958 10219
      4004 10226 4009 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 338DEG 41KT 3990 10207

THEDE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	60 min
Aug 7, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	59 min
Aug 7, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	49 min
Aug 7, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	4 hr
Aug 7, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	52 min
Aug 7, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	59 min
Aug 7, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	37 hr
Aug 7, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	26 min
Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Rawlins	3 hr
Aug 6, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	26 min
Aug 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	30 min
Aug 6, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	26 min
Aug 6, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	35 min
Aug 7, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	47 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.