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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2018, 2:12 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 23, 2018, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2018, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 65 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
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 23, 1:15 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:15 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1035 AM MDT Sat Jun 23 2018 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1035 AM MDT Sat Jun 23 2018 /1135 AM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... There will be a chance of thunderstorms over parts of far eastern Colorado by mid afternoon slowly increasing in coverage while approaching the Colorado Kansas border late this afternoon. The storms are expected to slowly move east across the state line into far western Kansas by early this evening with a southeast movement out of the area around or shortly after midnight. The primary threats will be outflow wind gusts to 65 mph and hail up to the size of golf balls. Locally heavy rainfall is also possible. Another chance for thunderstorms exists after midnight for parts of the area. At this time widespread severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... For Sunday morning, it will be possible for a few storms to be severe. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible with these storms. However the more widespread threat for severe thunderstorms looks to be Sunday afternoon and evening. These storms will be capable of large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes. The area that will have the greatest threat for severe weather will be roughly along and east of a line from Tribune to Oakley to Norton. Locally rainfall and possible flash flooding will be a threat over the entire area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:31 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
258 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018
KSZ002-014-232045-
Rawlins KS-Thomas KS-
258 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN THOMAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles northwest of Gem, or 13 miles north of Colby, moving east at 15
mph.
Pea to dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible
with this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Thomas
and southeastern Rawlins Counties.
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 3974 10079 3970 10074 3957 10074 3952 10076
3949 10082 3947 10109 3952 10113 3958 10116
3966 10115 3970 10108 3973 10098 3975 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 253DEG 14KT 3958 10104
VincentSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 2:12 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
212 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2018
COZ090-091-232045-
Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO-
212 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...
At 211 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles north of Bethune, or 17 miles west of Bonny Reservoir, moving
east at 10 mph.
Pea to dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible
with this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Yuma
and north central Kit Carson Counties.
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 202 and 213.
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 3946 10250 3950 10257 3957 10259 3962 10256
3965 10251 3968 10240 3969 10229 3965 10221
3957 10219 3950 10224 3947 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 262DEG 10KT 3955 10249
VincentThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 5:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
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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.