Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 9:35 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 9, 2021, 9:35 PM MDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Sse Brewster, KS | A LARGE SWING-SET (MADE OUT OF REDWOOD) WAS SNAPPED IN HALF BY STRONG SSW WINDS BETWEEN 1000-1030 PM MDT.. 1100-1130 PM CDT.. 0400-0430 UTC. ADDITIONALLY, A HAY BALE TOSSED BY HIGH WINDS LANDED ON TOP OF A PARKED VEHICLE. WINDS SUDDENLY STRENGTHENED FROM THE S |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
566
WUUS53 KGLD 100335
SVRGLD
KSC181-193-100415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0151.210710T0335Z-210710T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
935 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
East central Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/.
* At 934 PM MDT/1034 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Brewster, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Levant around 1050 PM CDT.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 32 and 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10126 3922 10151 3947 10141 3936 10080
3913 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 289DEG 19KT 3934 10132
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
799
WWUS53 KGLD 100349
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1049 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021
KSC181-100359-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-210710T0415Z/
Sherman KS-
1049 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 10127 3918 10139 3947 10139 3936 10080
3913 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 289DEG 19KT 3931 10122
$$
KSC193-100415-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-210710T0415Z/
Thomas KS-
1049 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY...
At 1049 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Levant, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Colby.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 36 and 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10127 3918 10139 3947 10139 3936 10080
3913 10093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 289DEG 19KT 3931 10122
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 22 min |
| Jul 9, 9:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 10:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 10:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 10:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 11:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 11:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 12:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 12:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 1:02 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 1:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 1:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 1:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wallace | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 1:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Norton | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 2:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 33 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.