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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Goodland, KS

August 24, 2019Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2019, 8:09 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2019, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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
Aug 24, 5:26 PM CDTTornado 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 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2019

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-252230-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2019 /529 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

A Tornado Watch is in effect through 11 pm MDT this evening for the
entire Tri-State area except for Yuma county.

Areas of fog may redevelop overnight and into early Sunday morning
with visibility occasionally reduced to less than a mile.

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

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any severe or hazardous weather
associated with thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Vincent

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham19 min
Aug 24, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton31 min
Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham15 min
Aug 24, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham13 min
Aug 24, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne40 min
Aug 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton46 min
Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita26 min
Aug 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan53 min
Aug 24, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan30 min
Aug 24, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur53 min
Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan6 hr
Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 min
Aug 24, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham35 min
Aug 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan47 min
Aug 24, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan45 min
Aug 25, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham42 min
Aug 25, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham35 min
Aug 25, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham20 min
Aug 25, 6:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more5 hr
Aug 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy52 min

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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.