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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2020, 8:49 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- May 21, 2020, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
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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 May 21, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 554 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday) Issued at 145 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 Tonight-Friday...a stalled frontal boundary extending from roughly McCook to Tribune will act as a focus for showers and thunderstorms this evening as a strong weather disturbance moves in from the southwest. All modes of severe weather are possible along with locally heavy rainfall which could cause flash flooding. Precipitation chances decrease from west to east after midnight. Fog is expected for areas mainly east of the CO/KS border. On Friday dry weather is expected. Low temperatures are expected to range from 45 to 50 degrees in far eastern Colorado, upper 40s to mid 50s east of the CO/KS border. High temperatures are expected to reach the mid 70s to around 80. Friday night-Saturday...dry weather expected during the night. Low temperatures in the low to mid 50s. Stratus and fog are possible across part of far eastern Colorado southeast toward Tribune and Leoti toward sunrise Saturday morning. The NAM is slower eroding the low cloud cover from southwest to northeast through the day compared to the GFS. This could impact the current high temperature forecast of mid 80s to around 90 degrees if the NAM verifies. There is a small chance for showers and thunderstorms in the northern through eastern forecast area in the afternoon but confidence is low. Saturday night-Sunday...A few rain showers and thunderstorms are possible across the northern through eastern zones ahead of a cold front during the night. Moisture is rather lacking thus my confidence is low. Low temperatures range from the mid 40s to upper 50s. For the daytime hours a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms across the west and east. This is from an approaching weather disturbance in the west and proximity to a cold front in the east. High temperatures should reach the mid 60s to mid 70s. .LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Thursday) Issued at 129 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 Not much has changed since yesterday's afternoon discussion. The models continue to show an amplified upper-level ridge over the Great Lakes region and upper-level trough deepening over the Rockies. By Tuesday a cutoff upper low will develop over the Texas Panhandle while the upper-level flow becomes more zonal across the northern High Plains. This pattern looks to hold for the rest of the period. Meanwhile, on the surface, a cold front is anticipated to still be transiting across the region Sunday night into Monday morning. Associated with this front will be showers and thunderstorms, some may be severe. After the front passes, high pressure is expected to build over the local area and produce mostly dry conditions for the rest of the extended. Also, expect below normal temperature on Monday with the highs reaching into the middle 60s to lower 70s range. Then warming back into the above normal range (80s) on Wednesday and Thursday. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening) Issued at 532 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 GLD will see VFR conditions become MVFR after midnight with IFR to LIFR expected between 10-13Z due to low clouds and fog. VFR conditions will return as fog and low clouds dissipate after 13Z. MCK will have IFR conditions due to low clouds with a few thunderstorms in the vicinity between 03-07Z. Fog is also possible between 07-14Z. VFR conditions will return after 16Z as low clouds dissipate. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM...BW AVIATION...LOCKHART
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 235 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 235 PM MDT Thu May 21 2020 /335 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Severe thunderstorms capable of producing hail up to two and a half inches in diameter and wind gusts over 60 mph are possible through this evening mainly south of a line from Norton to Atwood and Goodland. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. There is also a Slight Risk of excessive rainfall for areas along and east of a line from near McCook to Tribune. Locally heavy rainfall is expected and could cause flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Tri-State area on Saturday, mainly along and north of Interstate 70. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed through this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 2 hr |
| May 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 25 min |
| May 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 18 min |
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 16 min |
| May 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 58 min |
| May 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 20 min |
| May 21, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 27 min |
| May 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 30 hr |
| May 22, 4:29 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 10 hr |
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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.