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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Goodland, KS
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
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 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.
&&
SJSLocal 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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</html>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.
&&
JRPLocal 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 8:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 2:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 12 min |
| Jul 27, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 13 min |
| Jul 27, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 4:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 5:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 21 min |
| Jul 27, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 41 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.