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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2018, 5:13 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 30, 2018, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 May 30, 2:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1055 AM MDT Wed May 30 2018 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1055 AM MDT Wed May 30 2018 /1155 AM CDT Wed May 30 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Scattered thunderstorms will develop in eastern Colorado around 2 PM MDT and track eastward. Some of the storms may become severe, with a primary threat of quarter to golf ball size hail and damaging winds of 60 to 70 MPH. Also these storms will produce locally heavy rainfall which could cause flash flooding, especially in those areas that have received heavy rainfall recently. Because of the recent rainfall it will not take very much rainfall to cause flash flooding to occur quickly. The chance of severe storms will last through the evening hours. The greatest chance of severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall will be roughly along and south of a Wray to Colby to Hill City line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 348 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 COZ090-302215- Yuma County CO- 348 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... At 348 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles north of Cope, or 26 miles south of Yuma, moving northeast at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Yuma County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3989 10280 3991 10277 3976 10265 3971 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 230DEG 9KT 3976 10288
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:57 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 457 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 COZ090-091-302330- Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO- 457 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA AND NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles north of Stratton, moving southeast at 30 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Burlington and Bethune. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 429 and 438. Highway 385 between mile markers 185 and 200. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3955 10269 3964 10250 3939 10211 3920 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 316DEG 27KT 3953 10252
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 513 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 COZ090-091-KSZ001-013-302345- Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO-Sherman KS-Cheyenne KS- 513 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 545 PM MDT/645 PM CDT/... At 512 PM MDT/612 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles west of Bonny Reservoir, moving east at 30 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bonny Reservoir and Hale. This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 194 and 212. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3942 10252 3965 10248 3964 10199 3936 10206 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 278DEG 24KT 3956 10240
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| May 29, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
| May 30, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 27 min |
| May 30, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| May 29, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.