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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 7:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:32 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:45 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 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	34 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	18 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	31 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	57 min
May 26, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	51 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	13 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	24 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	22 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	58 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	29 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	15 min
May 26, 10:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	3 hr
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	53 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	62 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	50 min
May 27, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton	43 min
May 26, 7:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	8 hr
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	42 min
May 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	39 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	27 min
May 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	28 min
May 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	48 min
May 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	6 hr
May 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	17 min
May 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	46 min
May 26, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	22 min
May 26, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	66 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	62 min
May 27, 5:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	GLD	Hitchcock	11 hr
May 27, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	80 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.