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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 25, 2026Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2026, 11:30 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 25, 2026, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
55

County Wichita County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton34 min
Aug 25, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne23 min
Aug 25, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne24 min
Aug 26, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Aug 26, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne29 min
Aug 26, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Aug 26, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
Aug 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow50 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.