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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 5:54 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 24, 2021, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 2085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1027 AM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251630- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1027 AM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021 /1127 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and evening hours today. Hazards should storms occur include strong winds and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible mainly during the afternoon and evening hours on Sunday. Hazards include strong winds and locally heavy rainfall. A period of hot weather is expected across the region beginning Monday and continuing through the start of next weekend. High temperatures will approach or exceed 100 degrees at several locations through the period. Heat index values at or above 100 degrees are possible Tuesday through Thursday for areas along the Nebraska/Kansas border as well as Graham and Gove counties. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected to be required.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 24, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
157 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM EXCESSIVE HEAT 5 NW TASCO 39.41N 100.36W
07/24/2021 M105 F SHERIDAN KS MESONET
MESONET STATION 3859D 5 NW TASCO REPORTS 105
DEGREE HEAT INDEX.
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TTSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
336 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021
COZ092-242215-
Cheyenne County CO-
336 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
At 335 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles west of Kit Carson, or 38 miles west of Cheyenne Wells, moving
west at 10 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Wild Horse.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle. Remember, if you are close
enough to hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by
lightning.
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LAT...LON 3869 10317 3869 10316 3875 10317 3884 10316
3884 10292 3862 10291 3861 10301 3862 10306
3861 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 086DEG 8KT 3871 10306
VincentSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 5:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 16 min |
| Jul 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.