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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Goodland, KS

May 18, 2022Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2022, 3:47 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2022, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2022, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 2:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
225 PM MDT Wed May 18 2022

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-191200-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
225 PM MDT Wed May 18 2022 /325 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Isolated thunderstorms are possible across much of the Tri-State
through 10 PM MDT.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected through 8 PM
MDT (9 PM CDT) for Sherman, Wallace, Logan, Greeley and Wichita
counties with non severe storms through 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT). As a
result, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect. The primary hazards
will be wind gusts up to 70 mph, blowing dust and hail up to an inch
and a half in diameter.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A Red Flag Warning is in effect Thursday from 11 AM MDT through 8 PM
MDT for locations along and west of a line from Hitchcock county to
Logan county plus Red Willow county. Outdoor burning is highly
discouraged.

Low temperatures late Friday night through Saturday morning are
expected to drop into the 30 to 40 degree range, coldest along and
west of the Colorado Kansas border. A mix of rain and snow is
expected along the Colorado Kansas border with snow the predominate
weather type across far eastern Colorado. Snowfall accumulations of
to an inch are currently confined to areas west of a line from Yuma
to Kit Carson, Colorado. Those with sensitive flowers and plants
should be prepared for much colder temperatures and for some below
freezing temperatures.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed for those south of Interstate 70
through this evening. We would appreciate reports of severe weather
and blowing dust via telephone and social media.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:33 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan28 min
May 17, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita31 min
May 17, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas51 min
May 17, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham27 min
May 17, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan31 min
May 17, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan25 min
May 17, 6:48 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove12 min
May 17, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 min
May 17, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham36 min
May 17, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove34 min
May 17, 7:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita36 min
May 17, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wichita22 min
May 17, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wichita29 min
May 17, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman44 min
May 17, 8:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace17 min
May 17, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
May 17, 8:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley34 min
May 17, 9:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman25 min
May 17, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace37 min
May 17, 9:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita33 min
May 18, 2:10 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more30 hr
May 18, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace27 min
May 18, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace38 min
May 18, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
May 18, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley27 min
May 18, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace24 min
May 17, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne30 min
May 17, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson31 min
May 17, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne57 min
May 17, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne45 min
May 17, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma8 min
May 17, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson57 min
May 18, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne57 min
May 18, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne62 min
May 18, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne23 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.