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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

June 26, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2016, 11:39 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 26, 2016, 11:39 PM MDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2016, 12:15 AM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 26, 11:34 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:34 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 10:42 AM MDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1042 AM MDT SUN JUN 26 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271200-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1042 AM MDT SUN JUN 26 2016 /1142 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016/

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

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

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
NORTON TO TRIBUNE. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THIS AREA WILL HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR. FOR LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLBY TO FLAGER...SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
734 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2016

COZ090-270200-
YUMA COUNTY CO-
734 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM MDT...

AT 734 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGHLAND CENTER...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF HOLYOKE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUNETA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 269.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4025 10215 4022 10245 4044 10254 4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 330DEG 13KT 4035 10239

DR
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:58 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne17 min
Jun 27, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne15 min
Jun 27, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace39 min
Jun 27, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace31 min
Jun 27, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace43 min
Jun 27, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace50 min
Jun 27, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita43 min
Jun 27, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita47 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita44 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita17 min
Jun 27, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita46 min
Jun 26, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma32 min
Jun 26, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips26 min
Jun 26, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma37 min
Jun 26, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma16 min
Jun 26, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma48 min
Jun 27, 8:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips23 min
Jun 27, 11:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma34 min
Jun 27, 12:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma31 min
Jun 27, 12:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 min
Jun 27, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson42 min
Jun 27, 1:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson49 min
Jun 27, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson33 min
Jun 27, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson11 min
Jun 27, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson28 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson8 min
Jun 27, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
Jun 27, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma29 min
Jun 27, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson34 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma59 min
Jun 27, 5:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma28 min
Jun 26, 10:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow47 min
Jun 26, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy, Hitchcock62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.