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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 2021Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2021, 9:50 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 15, 2021, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Wichita County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

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 15, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 7:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
821 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

NEZ080-081-160145-
Red Willow NE-Hitchcock NE-
821 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RED WILLOW AND
NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Culbertson, or 9 miles northwest of McCook, moving
northeast at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Red
Willow and northeastern Hitchcock Counties.

LAT...LON 4035 10035 4025 10075 4035 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 241DEG 7KT 4031 10075

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Special weather statement, May 15, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
749 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

KSZ041-042-160230-
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
749 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA AND GREELEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT/930 PM CDT/...

At 748 PM MDT/848 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 5 miles south of Towner to
7 miles south of Tribune. Movement was east at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Tribune and Horace.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT/1100
PM CDT/ for east central Colorado. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also
remains in effect until midnight MDT/100 AM CDT/ for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3861 10205 3867 10202 3868 10191 3868 10159
      3852 10156 3826 10156 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 249DEG 13KT 3839 10207 3837 10175

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Local storm report, May 15, 9:46 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 9:50 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	41 min
May 15, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	34 min
May 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	36 min
May 15, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	4 hr
May 15, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	44 min
May 15, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wichita	4 hr
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	45 min
May 15, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	58 min
May 15, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	39 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan	3 hr
May 15, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	58 min
May 15, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove	3 hr
May 15, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	42 min
May 15, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Sheridan, Thomas	55 min
May 15, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wichita	2 hr
May 15, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	40 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	15 min
May 16, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	41 min
May 16, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Rawlins	78 min
May 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Sheridan, Thomas	75 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove, Logan	57 min
May 16, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	5 hr
May 16, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace, Wichita	5 hr
May 16, 2:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	5 hr
May 16, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	5 hr
May 16, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	23 hr
May 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	57 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	63 min
May 16, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	41 min
May 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	12 min
May 15, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	62 min
May 15, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	20 min
May 15, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	51 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	64 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	30 min
May 16, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	24 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	35 min
May 16, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	45 min
May 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	61 min
May 16, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	3 hr
May 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	62 min
May 15, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	24 min
May 16, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	27 min
May 16, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	28 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.