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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2016Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 1:08 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 6, 2016, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2520 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.5

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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 Jul 6, 1:04 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:04 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
651 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2016

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

0648 PM     HAIL             1 NE STRATTON NE        40.16N 101.21W
07/05/2016  E1.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TLYNCH
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016

COZ090-091-060115-
YUMA COUNTY CO-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-
652 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND
NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

AT 652 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONNY RESERVOIR AND HALE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 211.

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 3967 10206 3939 10206 3945 10233 3963 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 269DEG 27KT 3954 10224

JRM
Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
710 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2016

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

0652 PM     HAIL             SELDEN                  39.54N 100.57W
07/05/2016  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
908 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

KSZ014-060230-
THOMAS KS-
908 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY UNTIL
930 PM CDT...

AT 908 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF COLBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLBY AND MINGO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 73.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3913 10075 3913 10076 3921 10118 3937 10109
      3933 10072 3925 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 294DEG 19KT 3926 10105

JRM
Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
812 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2016

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

0800 PM     HAIL             HOXIE                   39.36N 100.44W
07/05/2016  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL IN HOXIE RANGING FROM
            0.75 TO 1.00 INCH IN DIAMETER.

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DFLOYD
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:08 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
Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan38 min
Jul 5, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne19 min
Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan48 min
Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins18 min
Jul 5, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan40 min
Jul 5, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan47 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan3 hr
Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham51 min
Jul 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove18 min
Jul 5, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan40 min
Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas22 min
Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas51 min
Jul 5, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas47 min
Jul 5, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove37 min
Jul 6, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas48 min
Jul 6, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace46 min
Jul 5, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson17 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma16 min
Jul 6, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma47 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.