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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

July 26, 2014Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2014, 1:07 AM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 26, 2014, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2014, 1:25 AM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

916 
WWUS83 KGLD 260607
SPSGLD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1207 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

KSZ002-003-014-015-260625-
DECATUR-RAWLINS-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-
107 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT 
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THOMAS...SHERIDAN...RAWLINS AND 
DECATUR COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF REXFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.


WINDS TO 50 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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


&&

LAT...LON 3988 10054 3961 10028 3935 10068 3961 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 228DEG 32KT 3958 10066

$$

LUNDQUIST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley25 min
Jul 25, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace24 min
Jul 25, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan32 min
Jul 25, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace54 min
Jul 26, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace46 min
Jul 26, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan35 min
Jul 26, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan29 min
Jul 26, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan45 min
Jul 26, 4:57 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryGLDGraham, Norton15 hr

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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.