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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 30, 2016Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Aug 30, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Cheyenne 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 Aug 30, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 11:31 AM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1031 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311645-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1031 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016 /1131 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 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 MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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

AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
552 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016

KSZ001-302315-
CHEYENNE KS-
552 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 552 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

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 3972 10205 3979 10191 3969 10178 3960 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 324DEG 10KT 3969 10195

JRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	18 min
Aug 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	32 min
Aug 30, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	16 min
Aug 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	3 hr
Aug 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	22 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.