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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

June 27, 2023Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 27, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2023, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Rawlins County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

949 
WWUS83 KGLD 270708
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
208 AM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023
 
KSZ002-003-270745-
Rawlins KS-Decatur KS-
208 AM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Rawlins and southern
Decatur Counties through 245 AM CDT...

At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles north of McDonald to 10 miles south of
Atwood to 8 miles northwest of Selden. Movement was northeast at 30
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.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of Rawlins and
southern Decatur Counties, including the following locations...
Blakeman and Beardsley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3982 10067 3971 10019 3957 10065 3957 10073
      3961 10107 3983 10141 3985 10141 4000 10123
      4000 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 232DEG 25KT 3985 10136 3966 10101 3960 10071 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

DDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan32 min
Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan30 min
Jun 27, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham37 min
Jun 27, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur25 min
Jun 27, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur37 min
Jun 27, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan51 min
Jun 27, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham32 min
Jun 27, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham13 min
Jun 27, 4:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton34 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma33 min
Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson31 min
Jun 27, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma41 min
Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma37 min
Jun 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma24 min
Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson17 min
Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma63 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson29 min
Jun 27, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock28 min
Jun 27, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.