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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 7:12 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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 25, 2021, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rawlins County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 25, 7:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 14 N Colby, KS | WIND WAS DESCRIBED AS AT LEAST 60 MPH. |
| Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 14 N Colby, KS | DELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OR STORM SPOTTER. |
| Jun 25, 7:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 Ne Colby, KS | |
| Jun 25, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 N Colby, KS | DELAYED REPORT. VIDEO SENT IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING ESTIMATED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jun 25, 7:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 N Colby, KS | |
| Jun 25, 7:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 7 Nw Rexford, 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 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
087
WUUS53 KGLD 260012
SVRGLD
KSC153-193-260115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0140.210626T0012Z-210626T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
712 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
Southern Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 712 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southeast
of McDonald, or 15 miles southwest of Atwood, 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...
Gem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 10074 3961 10074 3936 10090 3951 10139
3957 10139 3975 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 295DEG 21KT 3964 10121
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MRC3 follow-up statements
290
WWUS53 KGLD 260030
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
730 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC153-193-260115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210626T0115Z/
Thomas KS-Rawlins KS-
730 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN THOMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES...
At 729 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
Colby, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Colby and Gem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 10074 3961 10074 3936 10090 3948 10129
3972 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 295DEG 21KT 3960 10109
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MRC876
WWUS53 KGLD 260045
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
745 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC153-193-260115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210626T0115Z/
Thomas KS-Rawlins KS-
745 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN THOMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES...
At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
of Gem, or 12 miles north of Colby, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Colby and Gem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 10074 3961 10074 3936 10090 3943 10112
3968 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 295DEG 21KT 3956 10098
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
MRC183
WWUS53 KGLD 260057
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
757 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
KSC153-193-260107-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210626T0115Z/
Thomas KS-Rawlins KS-
757 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN THOMAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3963 10074 3961 10074 3936 10090 3943 10112
3968 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 295DEG 21KT 3953 10090
$$
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 15 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.