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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 6, 2023Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 11:38 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 6, 2023, 11:38 PM MDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 12:15 AM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 10:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 10:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:40 PM MDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:38 PM MDT, 0 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
Aug 7, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	29 min
Aug 7, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	48 min
Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	48 min
Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	20 min
Aug 7, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	48 min
Aug 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Thomas	64 min
Aug 7, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	37 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	46 min
Aug 7, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	51 min
Aug 7, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	63 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne	59 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	3 hr
Aug 7, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	28 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	20 min
Aug 7, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	58 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	55 min
Aug 7, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	37 min
Aug 7, 5:26 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	49 min
Aug 7, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Thomas	42 min
Aug 7, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	19 min
Aug 7, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	65 min
Aug 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	34 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	35 min
Aug 7, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	54 min
Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	30 min
Aug 7, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	14 min
Aug 7, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	20 min
Aug 7, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	25 min
Aug 7, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	29 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	65 min
Aug 7, 5:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	22 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	31 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.