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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Goodland, KS

July 13, 2023Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 2:07 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2023, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 12:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 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 Jul 13, 1:14 PM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:14 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 12:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-141830-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023 /129 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for portions of eastern
Colorado, southwest Nebraska, and northwestern Kansas until 8 PM MDT.

Isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and
damaging winds are possible this afternoon into this evening, mainly
in eastern Colorado and adjacent Kansas and Nebraska border counties
between 2 PM and 9 PM MDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

Scattered thunderstorms may develop along and east of Highway
83 Friday afternoon. While an isolated severe storm cannot be ruled
out, severe weather may largely be confined southeast of the Tri-
State area, over portions of central and southern Kansas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:22 PM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:41 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:00 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 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
Jul 13, 4:05 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne	55 min
Jul 13, 12:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	62 min
Jul 13, 12:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	32 min
Jul 13, 12:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	67 min
Jul 13, 1:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson	58 min
Jul 13, 1:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson	41 min
Jul 13, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	23 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	37 min
Jul 13, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	44 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.