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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Goodland, KS

September 8, 2015Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 8, 2015, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 Sep 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 11:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:15 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins51 min
Sep 9, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas55 min
Sep 9, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas32 min
Sep 9, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Sheridan, Thomas53 min
Sep 9, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan40 min
Sep 9, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas66 min
Sep 9, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas3 hr
Sep 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas61 min
Sep 9, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDThomas3 hr
Sep 9, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas47 min
Sep 9, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.