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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

February 27, 2024Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this snow squall warning at Feb 27, 2024, 2:49 PM MST for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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
Feb 27, 2024, 2:49 PM MST (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2024, 3:45 PM MST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Significant

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2024-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 1:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Feb 27, 1:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace21 min
Feb 27, 11:07 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningGLDYuma38 min
Feb 27, 11:21 AM MSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatGLDKit Carson, Yuma54 min
Feb 27, 12:15 PM MSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma60 min
Feb 27, 1:05 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Feb 27, 1:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne13 min
Feb 27, 1:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson22 min
Feb 27, 2:20 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Feb 27, 2:42 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne33 min
Feb 27, 11:46 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy14 min
Feb 27, 12:02 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy28 min
Feb 27, 12:30 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock30 min
Feb 27, 1:03 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock27 min
Feb 27, 1:55 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.