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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 26, 10:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Bogue, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 22.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

073 
WUUS53 KGLD 270300
SVRGLD
KSC065-270315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0102.210527T0300Z-210527T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1000 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Graham County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 1000 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nicodemus,
  or 11 miles east of Hill City, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Graham County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3925 9984 3953 9969 3953 9960 3925 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 269DEG 24KT 3937 9964 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lockhart

1 follow-up statement

977 
WWUS53 KGLD 270314
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1014 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC065-270324-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Graham KS-
1014 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3925 9984 3953 9969 3953 9960 3925 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 269DEG 24KT 3937 9952 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	34 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	18 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	45 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	31 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	57 min
May 26, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	51 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	13 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	24 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	22 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	58 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	29 min
May 26, 10:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	3 hr
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	53 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	62 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	50 min
May 27, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.