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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 2, 2016Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 Aug 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 1:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1251 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031900-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1251 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 /151 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016/

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

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

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE
MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH STRONGER STORMS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

JRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
434 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

KSZ042-022200-
WICHITA KS-
434 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MODOC...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARIENTHAL.

LAT...LON 3850 10129 3849 10113 3830 10112 3829 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 086DEG 9KT 3840 10115

HUSTED
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
503 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

KSZ042-022230-
WICHITA KS-
503 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 503 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MODOC...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYDIA.

LAT...LON 3843 10138 3848 10113 3829 10113 3826 10117
      3827 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 068DEG 6KT 3838 10119

HUSTED
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:02 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
602 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

KSZ042-022330-
WICHITA KS-
602 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOTI. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYDIA.

LAT...LON 3844 10157 3847 10141 3827 10128 3826 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 065DEG 4KT 3837 10145

HUSTED
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:09 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
609 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

KSZ029-022330-
GOVE KS-
609 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 609 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOVE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE MONUMENT ROCKS.

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 3873 10082 3887 10082 3898 10075 3886 10055
      3870 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 115DEG 5KT 3881 10069

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:59 PM 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 1, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace21 min
Aug 1, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Aug 1, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
Aug 1, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita35 min
Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley16 min
Aug 2, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 min
Aug 2, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita27 min
Aug 2, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita29 min
Aug 2, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita28 min
Aug 2, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove21 min
Aug 2, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan44 min
Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow21 min
Aug 1, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow51 min
Aug 1, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow49 min
Aug 1, 9:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow119 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.