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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

September 3, 2018Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2018, 12:13 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2018, 12:13 PM MDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2018, 12:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Cheyenne County, CO

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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 Sep 3, 11:52 AM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 11:52 AM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 6:14 AM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 11:32 AM MDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1132 AM MDT MON SEP 3 2018

COZ092-031815-
Cheyenne County CO-
1132 AM MDT MON SEP 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 1215 PM MDT...

At 1132 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Haswell, or 34 miles northwest of Lamar, moving north
at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kit Carson, Wild Horse and Aroya.

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 3869 10317 3869 10316 3886 10316 3876 10256
      3861 10255 3861 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 201DEG 14KT 3846 10302

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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 12:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1213 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018

COZ092-031845-
Cheyenne County CO-
1213 PM MDT MON SEP 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 1245 PM MDT...

At 1213 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles west of Kit Carson, or 28 miles west of Cheyenne Wells, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kit Carson, Wild Horse and Aroya.

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.

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LAT...LON 3898 10310 3900 10279 3882 10263 3861 10267
      3861 10283 3873 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 207DEG 24KT 3879 10289

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	38 min
Sep 3, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	41 min
Sep 3, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	52 min
Sep 3, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace	42 min
Sep 3, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	31 min
Sep 3, 6:13 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	3 hr
Sep 3, 11:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	43 min
Sep 3, 11:55 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	35 min
Sep 3, 12:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	7 min
Sep 3, 12:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	38 min
Sep 3, 12:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	36 min
Sep 3, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	33 min
Sep 3, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	43 min

Nearby

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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.