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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2016Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Thomas County, KS

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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, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes 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, 5 hours 45 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.

&&

DFLOYD

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:57 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	38 min
Jul 5, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	19 min
Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	48 min
Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	18 min
Jul 5, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	40 min
Jul 5, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	47 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	3 hr
Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	51 min
Jul 5, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	18 min
Jul 5, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	40 min
Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	22 min
Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	51 min
Jul 5, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	47 min
Jul 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	37 min
Jul 6, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	37 min
Jul 6, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	46 min
Jul 5, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	23 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	17 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	16 min
Jul 6, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	47 min

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Sources

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