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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 W Saint Francis, KS | HAIL LASTED AROUND 15 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
623
WWUS83 KGLD 100021
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
621 PM MDT Mon Aug 9 2021
COZ090-KSZ001-100045-
Yuma County CO-Cheyenne KS-
621 PM MDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Yuma
County in northeastern Colorado and northwestern Cheyenne Counties in
northwestern Kansas through 645 PM MDT/745 PM CDT/...
At 620 PM MDT/720 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 12 miles south of Haigler, or 13 miles northwest of St.
Francis, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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 east central Yuma
County County in northeastern Colorado and northwestern Cheyenne
Counties in northwestern Kansas, including the following locations...
Beecher Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 10216 3988 10215 3992 10205 3986 10205
3992 10184 3976 10184
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 262DEG 19KT 3985 10202
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 9 min |
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.