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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 2021Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 7:43 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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: Jun 24, 2021, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 8:27 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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
Jun 24, 8:10 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Ssw Wallace, KS	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF HAIL LARGER THAN QUARTER IN SIZE. CURRENTLY ONGOING.
Jun 24, 8:13 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Wnw Sharon Springs, KS
Jun 24, 8:32 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 59	1 S Wallace, KS
Jun 24, 8:34 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Sse Wallace, 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
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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-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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -366 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

705 
WUUS53 KGLD 250143
SVRGLD
KSC199-250245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0131.210625T0143Z-210625T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
743 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Wallace County in west central Kansas...

* Until 845 PM MDT.

* At 742 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
  Weskan, or 14 miles northwest of Sharon Springs, moving southeast
  at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sharon Springs and Wallace.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10205 3910 10205 3913 10198 3913 10180
      3895 10148 3875 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 308DEG 20KT 3904 10195 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRC

2 follow-up statements

524 
WWUS53 KGLD 250219
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
819 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSC199-250245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210625T0245Z/
Wallace KS-
819 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY...

At 818 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sharon Springs,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Wind gusts to 65 mph have been 
         measured 2 miles west of Sharon Springs.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Sharon Springs and Wallace. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 10193 3905 10184 3908 10177 3895 10148
      3875 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 308DEG 20KT 3891 10174 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRM

591 
WWUS53 KGLD 250227
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
827 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSC199-250236-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210625T0245Z/
Wallace KS-
827 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
This warning has been replaced by a new severe thunderstorm warning 
for southern Wallace county. Repeating, this warning has been 
replaced with a warning for southern Wallace county.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
west central Kansas.


LAT...LON 3896 10193 3905 10184 3908 10177 3895 10148
      3875 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 308DEG 20KT 3888 10169 

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	52 min
Jun 24, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	59 min
Jun 24, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	58 min
Jun 24, 8:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	54 min
Jun 24, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	46 min
Jun 25, 1:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	63 min
Jun 25, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	64 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	24 min
Jun 25, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	27 min
Jun 25, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	22 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	34 min
Jun 25, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	14 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	60 min
Jun 25, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	14 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.