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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Goodland, KS

July 4, 2021Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 4, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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
Jul 4, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-05Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
2682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

329 
WUUS53 KGLD 050245
SVRGLD
COC017-063-050330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0148.210705T0245Z-210705T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
845 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado...
  Southeastern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...

* Until 930 PM MDT.

* At 844 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
  Burlington, moving southwest at 20 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
  northeastern Cheyenne and southeastern Kit Carson Counties in east
  central Colorado.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 157 and 181.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3924 10225 3921 10214 3884 10219 3900 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 026DEG 20KT 3913 10227 

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

AW
2 follow-up statements
998 
WWUS53 KGLD 050312
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
912 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

COC063-050321-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210705T0330Z/
Kit Carson CO-
912 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area.  Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3905 10237 3905 10219 3884 10219 3898 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 026DEG 20KT 3906 10231 

$$

COC017-050330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210705T0330Z/
Cheyenne CO-
912 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

At 911 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles south of
Burlington, moving southwest at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 157 and 169.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 10237 3905 10219 3884 10219 3898 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 026DEG 20KT 3906 10231 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AW
364 
WWUS53 KGLD 050327
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
927 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

COC017-050337-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210705T0330Z/
Cheyenne CO-
927 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM MDT...
                
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 small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Goodland.

LAT...LON 3905 10237 3905 10219 3884 10219 3898 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 026DEG 20KT 3899 10235 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLincoln37 min
Jul 4, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson55 min
Jul 4, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne30 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.