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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS

May 2, 2021Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
May 2, 2021, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

949 
WUUS53 KGLD 030041
SVRGLD
NEC145-030115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0016.210503T0041Z-210503T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
741 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 740 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cambridge to 3 miles southwest of Danbury,
  moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lebanon.

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 4028 10019 4000 10019 4001 10059 4035 10041
      4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 265DEG 15KT 4030 10018 4001 10045 

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

Lundquist
2 follow-up statements
591 
WWUS53 KGLD 030056
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
756 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

NEC145-030115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210503T0115Z/
Red Willow NE-
756 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY...

At 755 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles northeast of Cambridge to near Danbury, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon. 

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 4028 10019 4000 10019 4001 10046 4035 10025
      4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 270DEG 15KT 4030 10010 4002 10037 

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

Lundquist
490 
WWUS53 KGLD 030107
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
807 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

NEC145-030117-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210503T0115Z/
Red Willow NE-
807 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
However gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4028 10019 4000 10019 4001 10046 4035 10025
      4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 265DEG 15KT 4030 10005 4002 10032 

$$

Lundquist

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow12 min
May 2, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow13 min
May 2, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.