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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Goodland, KS

August 17, 2019Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 6:41 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 17, 2019, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

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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
Aug 17, 3:36 PM CDTSevere 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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 11:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1053 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2019

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-181645-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
1053 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2019 /1153 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Strong to severe thunderstorms may develop between 3 PM and 10 PM
MDT. The main risks will be hail up to two inches in diameter and
damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph. The threat for hail will be
primarily west of a Trenton, Nebraska to Colby and Leoti, Kansas
line. However the threat for damaging winds will extend across the
entire forecast area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

Tuesday through Wednesday night, locally heavy rainfall and severe
thunderstorms may occur across the central High Plains region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:16 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:36 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman35 min
Aug 16, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Aug 16, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace44 min
Aug 16, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley18 min
Aug 16, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley28 min
Aug 16, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove26 min
Aug 16, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman13 min
Aug 16, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita44 min
Aug 16, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove25 min
Aug 17, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove32 min
Aug 17, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton15 min
Aug 17, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove27 min
Aug 17, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDTrego22 min
Aug 17, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove59 min
Aug 17, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham17 min
Aug 17, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman50 min
Aug 17, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne19 min
Aug 17, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
Aug 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman47 min
Aug 17, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace42 min
Aug 17, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne41 min
Aug 17, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace59 min
Aug 17, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas29 min
Aug 17, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan42 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne63 min
Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma18 min
Aug 17, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson41 min
Aug 17, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson38 min
Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson52 min
Aug 17, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma49 min
Aug 17, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy39 min
Aug 17, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.