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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

April 2, 2015Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this dust storm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 7:27 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2015, 7:27 PM MDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 8:50 PM MDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dust storm warning 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 dust storm warning went out at Apr 2, 6:41 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:41 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 2:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
249 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
249 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM MDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST
DURING THE EARLY EVENING INTO WESTERN KANSAS. SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

LIGHT RAIN WILL MIX OR CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND NORTH PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN
COLORADO...CHYENNE AND RAWLINS COUNTIES IN KANSAS...AND DUNDY
COUNTY NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 6:55 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
655 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015

KSZ027-028-030145-
WALLACE KS-LOGAN KS-
655 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT/845 PM CDT/...

AT 655 PM MDT /755 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BLOWING
DUST IS LIKELY AND WOULD PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINONA.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3896 10177 3913 10175 3913 10120 3888 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 272DEG 30KT 3905 10166

007

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:02 PM MDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
702 PM MDT THU APR 02 2015

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

0701 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S SHARON SPRINGS      38.87N 101.75W
04/02/2015  E55 MPH          WALLACE            KS   PUBLIC

&&

JN

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:06 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
706 PM MDT THU APR 02 2015

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

0702 PM     TORNADO          6 SE ARAPAHOE           38.79N 102.09W
04/02/2015                   CHEYENNE           CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BWARREN

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:12 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
712 PM MDT THU APR 02 2015

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

0712 PM     TSTM WND GST     18 S SHARON SPRINGS     38.63N 101.75W
04/02/2015  E60 MPH          GREELEY            KS   PUBLIC

            BLOWING DUST AS WELL WITH ZERO VISIBILITY

&&

JN

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:16 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
716 PM MDT THU APR 02 2015

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

0600 PM     HAIL             4 N KIT CARSON          38.82N 102.80W
04/02/2015  M1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JN

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:27 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
727 PM MDT THU APR 02 2015

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

0726 PM     HAIL             WINONA                  39.06N 101.25W
04/02/2015  E0.88 INCH       LOGAN              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BWARREN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	29 min
Apr 2, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	38 min
Apr 2, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	50 min
Apr 2, 7:03 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Wallace	30 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	63 min
Apr 2, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace, Wichita	26 min
Apr 2, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	64 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	61 min
Apr 3, 9:29 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 1:56 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more	30 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.