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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

July 30, 2016Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 11:58 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Norton 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 30, 10:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:28 AM CDT, 12 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1028 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311200-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1028 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2016 /1128 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016/

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

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

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A WRAY COLORADO TO HILL CITY KANSAS
LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MOST DAYS...THE RISK
FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:07 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1107 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

KSZ004-310430-
NORTON KS-
1107 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1106 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF ALMENA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMENA AND CALVERT.

LAT...LON 3979 9987 3996 9988 4000 9967 4000 9963
      3977 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 265DEG 23KT 3989 9979

JN

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:14 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1114 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

KSZ014-015-310430-
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-
1114 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN THOMAS AND WEST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1114 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER REXFORD...OR 15 MILES EAST OF COLBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REXFORD.

LAT...LON 3936 10079 3945 10088 3957 10074 3942 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 228DEG 15KT 3945 10077

LUNDQUIST

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:37 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1137 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

KSZ004-310500-
NORTON KS-
1137 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1137 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF PRAIRIE VIEW...OR 13 MILES EAST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMENA.

LAT...LON 3970 9975 3992 9975 3992 9963 3969 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 263DEG 14KT 3981 9965

LUNDQUIST

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1158 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

KSZ004-310515-
NORTON KS-
1158 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY UNTIL
1215 AM CDT...

AT 1158 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTON TO 4 MILES
SOUTH OF ALMENA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMENA AND CALVERT.

LAT...LON 3972 9982 4000 9992 4000 9963 3970 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 270DEG 9KT 3998 9981 3982 9972

LUNDQUIST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	23 min
Jul 30, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	16 min
Jul 30, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	23 min
Jul 31, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	33 min
Jul 31, 12:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Norton	90 min
Jul 31, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	34 min
Jul 31, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	34 min
Jul 31, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	32 min
Jul 31, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	28 min
Jul 31, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.