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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Goodland, KS

July 9, 2021Logan County, Wallace County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 10:39 PM CDT for Logan County, Wallace County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 9, 2021, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 10:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 5215 Se Wallace, KSWUNDERGROUND SITE REPORTS 52 MPH GUST.
Jul 9, 10:44 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 5515 Se Wallace, KS
Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 62Leoti, KSCORRECTED TIME FROM PREVIOUS REPORT. KS MESONET SITE KWHK1 IN LEOTI MEASURED A 10-METER WIND GUST OF 62 MPH AT 10:10 PM MDT FRIDAY JULY 09 (0410 UTC SATURDAY JULY 10).
Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Leoti, KSMESONET STATION FW1490 LEOTI.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2169 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

183 
WUUS53 KGLD 100339
SVRGLD
KSC109-199-203-100415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0152.210710T0339Z-210710T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
939 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Wichita County in west central Kansas...
  Southeastern Wallace County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1015 PM MDT/1115 PM CDT/.

* At 939 PM MDT/1039 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 16
  miles north of Leoti, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Leoti.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3847 10140 3880 10160 3888 10128 3870 10112
      3870 10113 3850 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 329DEG 26KT 3872 10138 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
923 
WWUS53 KGLD 100356
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
956 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

KSC109-199-203-100415-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210710T0415Z/
Wichita KS-Wallace KS-Logan KS-
956 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM
MDT/1115 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHERN WICHITA...SOUTHEASTERN WALLACE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

At 956 PM MDT/1056 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles
north of Leoti, moving southeast at 30 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...
Leoti.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3847 10140 3880 10160 3888 10128 3870 10112
      3870 10113 3850 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 329DEG 26KT 3861 10130 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins20 min
Jul 9, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
Jul 9, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas35 min
Jul 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas40 min
Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita50 min
Jul 9, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham37 min
Jul 9, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas35 min
Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Jul 10, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan35 min
Jul 10, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita42 min
Jul 10, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne37 min
Jul 10, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur47 min
Jul 10, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wichita28 min
Jul 10, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Sherman, Thomas45 min
Jul 10, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Norton39 min
Jul 10, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton25 min
Jul 10, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Wallace43 min
Jul 10, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton46 min
Jul 10, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wallace, Wichita53 min
Jul 10, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan33 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.