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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Goodland, KS

July 26, 2018Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2018, 6:33 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2018, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2018, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 5:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
253 PM MDT Thu Jul 26 2018

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-272100-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
253 PM MDT Thu Jul 26 2018 /353 PM CDT Thu Jul 26 2018/

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

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

Widely scattered thunderstorms will develop across the area this
afternoon. Although coverage will be sparse, any storm that develops
has the potential of producing large hail and damaging winds.

Tonight, storms will increase in coverage, particularly across
northeast Colorado and adjacent areas of northwest Kansas and
southwest Nebraska. Some of these storms may be severe with damaging
winds gusts, large hail and locally heavy rainfall. The threat for
damaging wind gusts may continue into the overnight hours as the
storms merge into a cluster and move into west central Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

Scattered thunderstorms are anticipated to develop across the region
Saturday afternoon with large hail and damaging winds as the main
threats. The better chance for severe thunderstorms will be Saturday
evening into the overnight hours, with damaging winds, large hail,
and heavy rainfall as hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
510 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     HAIL             5 SW WRAY               40.03N 102.30W
07/26/2018  E1.00 INCH       YUMA               CO   PUBLIC

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.

&&

SJS
Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
520 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0514 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 NNE SAINT FRANCIS     39.89N 101.75W
07/26/2018  M62 MPH          CHEYENNE           KS   MESONET

&&
Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:36 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:46 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
546 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIRD CITY               39.75N 101.53W
07/26/2018  E70 MPH          CHEYENNE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ALSO HEAVY RAIN.

&&
Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:52 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
552 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 S WHEELER            39.59N 101.69W
07/26/2018  E60 MPH          CHEYENNE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT OF GUSTS TO 60 MPH VIA A TRAINED
            SPOTTER.

&&

JRP
Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:59 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W RULETON             39.34N 101.93W
07/26/2018                   SHERMAN            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            POWER LINES DOWN. PEA SIZED HAIL COVERING
            THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL INCHES.
            FIELDS FLOODED.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace3 hr
Jul 26, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace40 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas30 min
Jul 26, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton41 min
Jul 26, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace33 min
Jul 26, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton41 min
Jul 26, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace45 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan3 hr
Jul 26, 7:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita3 hr
Jul 26, 7:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita33 min
Jul 26, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley41 min
Jul 26, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan52 min
Jul 26, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita38 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley37 min
Jul 26, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita24 min
Jul 26, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan37 min
Jul 26, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove43 min
Jul 26, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove41 min
Jul 27, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham30 min
Jul 27, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne52 min
Jul 27, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne58 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman65 min
Jul 27, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Wallace44 min
Jul 27, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman29 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Wallace47 min
Jul 26, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Jul 26, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne12 min
Jul 27, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma42 min
Jul 27, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma47 min
Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson40 min
Jul 27, 3:59 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson13 min
Jul 27, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson62 min
Jul 27, 4:37 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson25 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson48 min
Jul 27, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma54 min
Jul 27, 5:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jul 27, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy52 min
Jul 27, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy40 min
Jul 27, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock21 min
Jul 27, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock41 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.