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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm watch at Apr 27, 2017, 2:15 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 29, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2017, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2017, 1:50 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Apr 27, 2:03 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:03 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 10:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1030 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1030 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017 /1130 AM CDT Thu Apr 27 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for east central Colorado... extreme southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Non severe thunderstorms are possible late this morning through the evening as a weather disturbance moves across the area. The primary threats will be outflow wind gusts to 50 mph, small hail and cloud to ground lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... Portions of the central high plains region will see freezing to near freezing temperatures overnight and early each morning from Friday morning through Monday morning. There will be chances for accumulating snow from Friday night through Sunday morning across the entire region. This could create slick spots on area roadways and reduced visibilities for drivers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 11 min |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 11 min |
| Apr 27, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Kansas, 2017Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2017Every winter storm watch in 2017
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.