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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Goodland, KS

July 8, 2019Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2019, 6:22 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 53 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 8, 2019, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2019, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 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 00:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:01 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:17 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
617 PM MDT Mon Jul 8 2019

COZ091-092-090045-
Kit Carson County CO-Cheyenne County CO-
617 PM MDT Mon Jul 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND
SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 645
PM MDT...

At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles south of Vona, moving east at 10 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central
Cheyenne and southwestern Kit Carson Counties in east central
Colorado.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3896 10290 3920 10293 3925 10250 3895 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 266DEG 11KT 3907 10275

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 8, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman28 min
Jul 8, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman26 min
Jul 8, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 8, 8:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWallace3 hr
Jul 8, 9:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan26 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Sheridan27 min
Jul 8, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton37 min
Jul 8, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton31 min
Jul 8, 10:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Wichita28 min
Jul 8, 10:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton34 min
Jul 8, 11:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDTrego30 min
Jul 8, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton32 min
Jul 8, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
Jul 8, 6:27 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson33 min
Jul 8, 6:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma24 min
Jul 8, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson3 hr
Jul 8, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Jul 8, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
Jul 8, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy17 min
Jul 8, 8:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow8 hr
Jul 8, 9:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow32 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.