Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
579 WWUS83 KGLD 121758 SPSGLD Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 1158 AM MDT Sun May 12 2024 COZ090-NEZ079-121845- Yuma County CO-Dundy NE- 1158 AM MDT Sun May 12 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN YUMA AND NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM MDT... At 1157 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms capable of producing a landspout 15 miles south of Pleasant Valley, or 18 miles northeast of Wray, moving southwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...Landspout tornadoes, wind gusts up to 50 mph, and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Yuma and northwestern Dundy Counties, including the following locations... Laird, Alvin, and Wauneta. This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 236 and 266. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Landspout tornadoes can form with a developing thunderstorm before rain, hail, and even thunder is observed. Landspout tornadoes are not usually associated with a wall cloud and are often difficult to detect with weather radar. && LAT...LON 4035 10205 4035 10167 4020 10177 3993 10233 4030 10265 4044 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 066DEG 9KT 4032 10207 LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Alexander