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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2017, 2:49 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 1, 2017, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2017, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 1, 11:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 11:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1245 PM MDT Tue Aug 1 2017 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1245 PM MDT Tue Aug 1 2017 /145 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Colorado... extreme southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon generally along and south of Interstate 70. The primary threats will be hail to one inch in diameter, wind gusts to 50 mph and a brief period of locally heavy rainfall which may create reduced visibilities. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Scattered thunderstorms are expected from late Wednesday afternoon into the nighttime hours. Some of these storms could become severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats. There will be a chance of severe thunderstorms across the area from Friday afternoon into Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 249 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017 KSZ042-012030- Wichita KS- 249 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... At 249 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Modoc, moving south at 15 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Marienthal. LAT...LON 3835 10138 3865 10126 3863 10113 3832 10113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 009DEG 11KT 3857 10117 Lockhart
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 1, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 9 min |
| Aug 1, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 15 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.