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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Goodland, KS

July 24, 2015Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2015, 3:55 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 24, 2015, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Rawlins County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 3:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 11:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1041 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1041 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 2015

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

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME STORMS IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS
NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
FOR NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. A COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES
AND HIGH HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
NEXT THURSDAY. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley28 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita25 min
Jul 23, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita62 min
Jul 23, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur67 min
Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton56 min
Jul 23, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton14 min
Jul 23, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton66 min
Jul 24, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton20 min
Jul 24, 3:53 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryGLDGraham, Norton16 hr
Jul 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins34 min
Jul 24, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins45 min
Jul 24, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins7 min
Jul 24, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne45 min
Jul 24, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur43 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne27 min
Jul 24, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins3 hr
Jul 24, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas42 min
Jul 24, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton3 hr
Jul 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne14 min
Jul 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 24, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman24 min
Jul 24, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne48 min
Jul 24, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson33 min
Jul 24, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson43 min
Jul 24, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson61 min
Jul 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow26 min
Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow57 min
Jul 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow62 min
Jul 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow54 min
Jul 23, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow36 min
Jul 23, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow44 min
Jul 23, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.