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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2021Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 10:04 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 19, 2021, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

601 
WUUS53 KGLD 200304
SVRGLD
KSC137-200330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0121.210620T0304Z-210620T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1004 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 1004 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
  Almena, or 14 miles northeast of Norton, moving northeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Norton County, including the following locations...
  Calvert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10004 4000 9962 3965 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 215DEG 29KT 3997 9969 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AW
1 follow-up statement
815 
WWUS53 KGLD 200330
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

KSC137-200339-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210620T0330Z/
Norton KS-
1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 4000 10004 4000 9962 3965 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 270DEG 29KT 4013 9954 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace60 min
Jun 19, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins91 min
Jun 19, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas86 min
Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace31 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins66 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan89 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley35 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan27 min
Jun 19, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton32 min

Nearby

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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.