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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 9:49 PM CDT for Cheyenne 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
791
WWUS83 KGLD 070249
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
949 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
KSZ001-070315-
Cheyenne KS-
949 PM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas through 1015 PM CDT...
At 949 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northeast of St. Francis, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3984 10145 3978 10178 3988 10184 4000 10157
4000 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 247DEG 25KT 3985 10172
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
LundquistThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 9 min |
| Aug 6, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 75 min |
| Aug 6, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 min |
| Aug 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 9 min |
| Aug 6, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.