Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2006, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 Sw St. Francis, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 212320 SVRGLD KSC023-220000- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.060521T2320Z-060522T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 620 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. FRANCIS AROUND 640 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3979 10204 3960 10204 3982 10157 3998 10171 $$ BULLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 212348 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 547 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006 KSC023-220000- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060522T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS- 647 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. FRANCIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WHEELER BY 655 PM CDT... AT 632 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT FRANCIS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3981 10191 3967 10187 3982 10157 3998 10171 $$ BULLER
000 WWUS53 KGLD 212359 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 559 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006 KSC023-220009- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060522T0000Z/ CHEYENNE KS- 659 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3981 10191 3967 10187 3982 10157 3998 10171 $$ BULLER
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.