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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 8, 2015Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2015, 1:06 AM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 8, 2015, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2015, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Norton County, KS

The radar

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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 2015-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2015-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 8, 12:14 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:14 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 1:10 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1210 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081645-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1210 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2015 /132 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 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 BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS...HOWEVER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN TERMS
OF STRENGTH AND COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS
EVENING. THE BEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS WILL BE NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 70. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...
STRONG WINDS...A COUPLE TORNADOES AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
832 PM MDT FRI AUG 07 2015

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

0821 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STRATTON NE             40.15N 101.23W
08/07/2015                   HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST SNAPPED THE TOP OF AN 80 FOOT TREE. TOP OF TREE
            FLEW OVER A HOUSE. WIND ALSO FLIPPED A SWING SET. HOUSE
            ALSO SHOOK BECAUSE OF THE WIND.

&&

MBULLER
Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
844 PM MDT FRI AUG 07 2015

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

0811 PM     TSTM WND GST     MENLO                   39.36N 100.72W
08/07/2015  E60 MPH          THOMAS             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WIND GUST...SMASHED WINDOW
            COVERING...MARBLE SIZED HAIL

&&

CLT
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita56 min
Aug 7, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace63 min
Aug 7, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman41 min
Aug 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita39 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas54 min
Aug 7, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas55 min
Aug 7, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more57 min
Aug 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins56 min
Aug 7, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan66 min
Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne59 min
Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins53 min
Aug 7, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan56 min
Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton37 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace52 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace26 min
Aug 8, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 min
Aug 7, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma56 min
Aug 7, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma27 min
Aug 7, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma57 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne22 min
Aug 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne16 min
Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson47 min
Aug 8, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson52 min
Aug 8, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson35 min
Aug 8, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson39 min
Aug 8, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson44 min
Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy53 min
Aug 7, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy31 min
Aug 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy60 min
Aug 7, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock6 hr
Aug 7, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy50 min
Aug 7, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy14 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.