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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 10, 2016Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Kit Carson County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 5:26 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:26 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
203 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-112015-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
203 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016 /303 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016/

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

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

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLORADO, SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA, AND EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS.
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
347 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016

COZ091-102200-
KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-
347 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 346 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTH OF VONA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEIBERT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL KIT
CARSON COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO NEAR MILE MARKER 407.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3928 10285 3939 10291 3954 10259 3940 10250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 239DEG 10KT 3938 10274

007
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
359 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016

COZ090-102215-
YUMA COUNTY CO-
359 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 357 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
ADDITIONALLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ALONG WITH THE HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR COULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR
FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YUMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4005 10256 3998 10280 4000 10280 4000 10279
      4012 10279 4018 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 244DEG 16KT 4006 10280

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:21 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
Aug 10, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne19 min
Aug 10, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
Aug 10, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman14 min
Aug 10, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma26 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.