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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 7, 2017Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2017, 2:04 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2017, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2017, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 7, 1:50 PM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:50 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 10:10 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1010 AM MDT Sun May 7 2017

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081200-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
1010 AM MDT Sun May 7 2017 /1110 AM CDT Sun May 7 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Colorado...
extreme southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to slowly increase in coverage
starting early this afternoon and continuing through early this
evening. Outflow winds gusting up to 70 mph are possible which could
produce some blowing dust and reduced visibilities. Cloud to ground
lightning is also expected and when combined with the strong winds
increase the threat for fire danger. The area of concern is generally
along and west of a line from Trenton Nebraska to Colby and Tribune
Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A period of active weather is expected from Monday on through
Thursday. Thunderstorms are possible...some of which may be strong
to severe, particularly on Monday and Tuesday. Storms may produce
moderate to heavy rain as well.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required. We would appreciate any reports
of wind gusts over 50 mph as well as blowing dust and reduced
visibilities.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 2:04 PM MDT, 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
May 7, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	22 min
May 7, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	17 min
May 7, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	21 min
May 7, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	13 min
May 7, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	26 min
May 7, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	21 min
May 7, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	26 min

Nearby

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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.