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Dust Storm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this dust storm warning at Dec 15, 2021, 11:52 AM CST for Decatur County, Graham County, Norton County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 113 min. 8 reports 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
- Dec 15, 2021, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 11:55 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nnw Oberlin, KS | AWOS STATION KOIN OBERLIN. |
| Dec 15, 12:08 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 E Mccook, NE | ASOS STATION KMCK MCCOOK AIRPORT. |
| Dec 15, 12:27 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 E Hill City, KS | ASOS STATION KHLC HILL CITY. |
| Dec 15, 12:29 PM CST | HAIL 0.7 | Studley, KS | |
| Dec 15, 12:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 8 N Hill City, KS | MESONET STATION K5BCR STOCKTON 8 N. |
| Dec 15, 12:57 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hill City, KS | DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. 3 1/2 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF AN EVERGREEN TREE. TIME IS ESTIMATED ON OTHER REPORTS. |
| Dec 15, 1:14 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 Sse Jennings, KS | WEATHER UNDERGROUND STATION KKSJENNI4. |
| Dec 15, 1:53 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 E Hill City, KS | ASOS STATION KHLC HILL CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
859
WWUS53 KGLD 151752
DSWGLD
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1152 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
KSC039-065-137-NEC145-151945-
/O.NEW.KGLD.DS.W.0013.211215T1752Z-211215T1945Z/
Norton KS-Decatur KS-Graham KS-Red Willow NE-
1152 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Norton County in northwestern Kansas...
Decatur County in northwestern Kansas...
Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 145 PM CST.
* At 1152 AM CST, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 6
miles north of Ludell to 7 miles northwest of Dresden to 5 miles
north of Quinter, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind in
excess of 70 mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
McCook, Norton, Oberlin, Hill City, Indianola, Almena and Bartley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms are unhealthy and have been known to lead to Valley
Fever. Avoid outdoor exposure.
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10016 3957 10016 3957 10074 4035 10076
4035 10020 4000 10019 4000 9962 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 231DEG 57KT 3994 10094 3967 10053 3915 10023
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 10:03 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 117 min |
| Dec 15, 10:27 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 2 hr |
| Dec 15, 10:36 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 114 min |
| Dec 15, 10:57 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:21 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 114 min |
| Dec 15, 12:07 PM CST | Blowing Dust Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:32 AM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 118 min |
Nearby
Dust Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Dust Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2021Every dust storm warning in 2021
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.