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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2018, 9:10 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
- Aug 5, 2018, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Aug 5, 9:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 810 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday) Issued at 242 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 Uncertain and low confidence forecast. Subtle features surface and aloft. Cloud cover and early convection have hindered instability in some place. In general, it is a messy setup out there. Outflow boundaries and at least one surface trough are over the area at this time. Cold front remains to the north and is expected to move through tonight. Right rear quadrant is current affecting the area. Also the first in a number shortwaves are moving through. General consensus of high resolution/Cams is for spotty and unorganized convection. Most intense convection looks to be move in from the west and northwest during the evening and overnight hours. Put pops in the high chance category ahead of surface trough and shortwave. These storms should move to the south and east through the night. Look to have a chance for isolated severe and locally heavy rainfall. On Monday morning, look to have some lingering rainfall in the morning. Front will have moved through and looks to go south of the area with upslope flow behind it. At this same time area gets affected by right rear quadrant of the upper jet and another shortwave. Models not too excited about the afternoon precipitation chances over our area. It is possible that main area of rainfall could be south of area. Considering the shear in place, there looks to be a chance of severe in the afternoon. It will be cooler tomorrow area wide due to being in a postfrontal upslope air mass, and lingering cloud cover and precipitation. Depending on the cloud cover, the temperatures could go either direction. .LONG TERM...(Monday night through Sunday) Issued at 131 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 A persistent upper-level ridge will be present over the southwest United States Monday evening while a broad longwave upper-level trough over the northern Great Plains slowly progresses eastward. The combination of these two features aloft will produce a jet of relatively strong upper-level westerlies/northwesterlies over the Central High Plains which should last until Wednesday. This upper- level flow pattern is conducive to the formation of several shortwave troughs developing lee of the Rockies which may provide the conditions necessary for showers and thunderstorms in the Tri- State Region. As such, the afternoon/evening hours for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday could all see scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area with PoPs around 20-40% in some places. More exact timing and location of these storms will be difficult before the day of for each event, but it is possible that some of these storms may be severe. The main threats if so would be large hail and damaging winds. Starting Wednesday, the ridge over the southwest United States begins to expand northward, bringing a more northerly flow pattern over the Central High Plains which will last from Thursday through Sunday next week. The end of next week is therefore expected to be much drier, especially as the upper-level flow becomes weaker and strong vertical wind shear is no longer present over the Tri- State Region. Temperatures will be slightly cooler next week with highs generally in the upper 80s across the Central High Plains and lows generally in the low 60s. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening) Issued at 800 PM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 Both terminals could be impacted by thunderstorms this evening and tonight, primarily between 00-08Z. Strong/erratic winds can be expected invof any thunderstorms. MVFR/IFR ceilings will be possible in the wake of thunderstorm activity late tonight (09-15Z Monday morning). Forecast confidence in sensible weather conditions during the day Monday is well below average, particularly with regard to timing/coverage of convection. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BULLER LONG TERM...PATTON AVIATION...VINCENT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 11:40 AM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1040 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1040 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 2018 /1140 AM CDT Sun Aug 5 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area into the overnight hours. Some of these storms could become severe this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be damaging winds, large hail of at least 2 inches in diameter, and locally heavy rainfall which could cause flash flooding. An isolated tornado will be possible for locations along the Nebraska and Kansas border. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... There is a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms across northeast Colorado and northwest Kansas Monday afternoon and evening. Threats will include large hail and damaging winds...as well as locally heavy rainfall creating potential isolated flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon and evening over the entire area.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 635 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018 KSZ013-014-027-028-060100- Wallace KS-Thomas KS-Logan KS-Sherman KS- 635 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE... SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT/800 PM CDT/... At 635 PM MDT/735 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles south of Goodland, moving southeast at 40 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Goodland. This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 17 and 26. LAT...LON 3926 10187 3938 10165 3919 10130 3896 10165 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 320DEG 36KT 3923 10167 EV
Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
655 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 11 NNW SHARON SPRINGS 39.05N 101.81W
08/05/2018 M65 MPH WALLACE KS MESONET
&&Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 801 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018 KSZ003-004-060130- Norton KS-Decatur KS- 801 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... At 800 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southeast of Oberlin, moving east at 30 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Oberlin, Norcatur, Jennings, Clayton, Reager and Kanona. LAT...LON 3964 10055 3981 10059 3992 10010 3965 10004 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 261DEG 27KT 3974 10048 EV
Local storm report, Aug 5, 8:37 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
737 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND GST 9 WSW WINONA 39.01N 101.39W
08/05/2018 M80 MPH LOGAN KS MESONET
MEASURED IN MCALLASTER.
&&Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 910 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018 KSZ015-029-060230- Gove KS-Sheridan KS- 910 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHERN GOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... At 910 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Grinnell, moving east at 50 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Grainfield, Grinnell, Gove, Park and Angelus. This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 81 and 105. LAT...LON 3902 10077 3919 10069 3911 10026 3886 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 290DEG 42KT 3908 10064 EV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wichita | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 18 min |
| Aug 5, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 33 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
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.