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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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 2, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
207
WWUS83 KGLD 022021
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
221 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021
COZ090-022115-
Yuma County CO-
221 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM MDT...
At 221 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Atwood to 6 miles east of Elba.
Movement was east at 20 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Yuma, Eckley, Heartstrong and Clarkville.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.
LAT...LON 4044 10242 3989 10246 3988 10280 4000 10280
4000 10279 4035 10279 4035 10278 4044 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 263DEG 17KT 4054 10314 3994 10307
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 21 min |
| May 2, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| May 2, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 53 min |
| May 2, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 14 min |
| May 2, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 72 min |
| May 2, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 76 min |
| May 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 26 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 93 min |
| May 2, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 77 min |
| May 2, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.