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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Goodland, KS

June 6, 2021Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2021, 11:04 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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
Jun 6, 2021, 11:04 PM MDT (05:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2021, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2021-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 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 2021-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

165 
WUUS53 KGLD 070504
SVRGLD
KSC071-070600-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0111.210607T0504Z-210607T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1104 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Greeley County in west central Kansas...

* Until midnight MDT.

* At 1104 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles
  southwest of Horace, or 11 miles southwest of Tribune, moving
  southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter 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
  southwestern Greeley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3831 10204 3848 10194 3838 10173 3826 10181
      3826 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 294DEG 6KT 3834 10190 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRC
2 follow-up statements
156 
WWUS53 KGLD 070536
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1136 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

KSC071-070600-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210607T0600Z/
Greeley KS-
1136 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY...

At 1136 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
Horace, or 11 miles southwest of Tribune, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter 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
southwestern Greeley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3831 10204 3848 10194 3838 10173 3826 10181
      3826 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 294DEG 6KT 3832 10184 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRC
590 
WWUS53 KGLD 070553
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1153 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

KSC071-070603-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210607T0600Z/
Greeley KS-
1153 PM MDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3831 10204 3848 10194 3838 10173 3826 10181
      3826 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 294DEG 6KT 3831 10181 

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace51 min
Jun 7, 12:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.