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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 7, 2014Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 12:22 AM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 7, 2014, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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, 6:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
300 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2014

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-071200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
300 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2014 /400 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MAY PRODUCE SOME
GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME FLOODING
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:22 PM CDT, 6 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
622 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

KSZ003-062345-
DECATUR-
622 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OBERLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS TO 50 MPH...BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE
MILE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3997 10035 3974 10031 3975 10069 3989 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 264DEG 20KT 3984 10052

HUSTED

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
644 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

KSZ004-016-070015-
GRAHAM-NORTON-
644 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND GRAHAM
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW ALMELO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH WITH BLOWING
DUST...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3945 9986 3952 10016 3957 10016 3957 10018
      3969 10018 3968 9982
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 277DEG 16KT 3959 10013

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:22 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 6, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	29 min
Aug 6, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	32 min
Aug 7, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	56 min
Aug 7, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	64 min
Aug 7, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	57 min
Aug 7, 2:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	24 min
Aug 7, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton, Sheridan	47 min
Aug 7, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	26 min
Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	33 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	33 min
Aug 7, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	35 min
Aug 7, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	63 min
Aug 7, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	33 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.