Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 2021Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 8:51 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 24, 2021, 8:51 PM MDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

235 
WUUS53 KGLD 250251
SVRGLD
KSC071-203-250345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0134.210625T0251Z-210625T0345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/.

* At 851 PM MDT/951 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Tribune, moving east at 55 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 be near...
  Leoti around 1010 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3831 10199 3863 10191 3850 10113 3827 10113
      3826 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 282DEG 47KT 3844 10171 

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

MRC
3 follow-up statements
607 
WWUS53 KGLD 250316
SVSGLD

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

KSC071-203-250345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210625T0345Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
916 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM
MDT/1045 PM CDT/ FOR WICHITA AND CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTIES...

At 916 PM MDT/1016 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles
southeast of Leoti, moving east at 55 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
Wichita and central Greeley Counties, including the following
locations... Marienthal, Lydia and Selkirk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3831 10199 3863 10191 3850 10113 3827 10113
      3826 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 270DEG 47KT 3838 10130 

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

MRC
210 
WWUS53 KGLD 250332
SVSGLD

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

KSC071-203-250345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210625T0345Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
932 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM
MDT/1045 PM CDT/ FOR WICHITA AND SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTIES...

At 932 PM MDT/1032 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles 
west of Shallow Water, moving east at 55 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.

Locations impacted include...
Leoti, Tribune, Lydia, Selkirk and Marienthal. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3829 10175 3860 10175 3850 10113 3827 10113
      3826 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 282DEG 47KT 3834 10103 

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

MRC
708 
WWUS53 KGLD 250343
SVSGLD

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

KSC071-203-250353-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210625T0345Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
943 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WICHITA AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREELEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
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 1000 PM MDT/1100
PM CDT/ for west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3829 10175 3860 10175 3850 10113 3827 10113
      3826 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 282DEG 47KT 3832 10088 

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace52 min
Jun 24, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace44 min
Jun 24, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita59 min
Jun 24, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita58 min
Jun 24, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan46 min
Jun 25, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur63 min
Jun 25, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur64 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove24 min
Jun 25, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
Jun 25, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan22 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace34 min
Jun 25, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove14 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins60 min
Jun 25, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan14 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.