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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Goodland, KS

July 9, 2021Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 10:10 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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, 10:10 PM MDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 10:10 PM MDTTSTM 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, 10:15 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 53Leoti, KSMESONET STATION FW1490 LEOTI.
Jul 9, 10:34 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 52Tribune, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

410 
WUUS53 KGLD 100410
SVRGLD
KSC071-203-100500-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0153.210710T0410Z-210710T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1010 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 1100 PM MDT/midnight CDT/.

* At 1009 PM MDT/1109 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located
  along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Modoc to near
  Towner, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
  Wichita and 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 3855 10204 3866 10113 3826 10113 3826 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 301DEG 21KT 3855 10118 3845 10205 

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

JN
1 follow-up statement
146 
WWUS53 KGLD 100424
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1024 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

KSC071-203-100500-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-210710T0500Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
1024 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
MDT/MIDNIGHT CDT/ FOR WICHITA AND GREELEY COUNTIES...

At 1023 PM MDT/1123 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from near Modoc to 7 miles southeast of Towner,
moving southeast at 25 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, Tribune, Horace, Lydia, Selkirk and Marienthal. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3855 10204 3866 10113 3826 10113 3826 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 301DEG 21KT 3851 10110 3841 10197 

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

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins20 min
Jul 9, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
Jul 9, 9:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas35 min
Jul 9, 9:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas40 min
Jul 9, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita36 min
Jul 9, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham37 min
Jul 9, 10:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas35 min
Jul 9, 10:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Jul 9, 11:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan35 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita42 min
Jul 10, 12:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne37 min
Jul 10, 12:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur47 min
Jul 10, 1:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wichita28 min
Jul 10, 1:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Sherman, Thomas45 min
Jul 10, 1:21 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Norton39 min
Jul 10, 1:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton25 min
Jul 10, 1:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Wallace43 min
Jul 10, 1:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton46 min
Jul 10, 2:07 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wallace, Wichita53 min
Jul 10, 2:12 AM MDTSevere 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.