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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 8:41 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 8:41 PM MDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KGLD 070241
SVRGLD
KSC181-070315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0173.210807T0241Z-210807T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
841 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM MDT.
* At 840 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Kanorado, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Measured at the Burlington airport.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Ruleton around 855 PM MDT.
#
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 0 and 22.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3937 10163 3915 10164 3915 10205 3936 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 268DEG 39KT 3923 10206
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
Lundquist2 follow-up statements
654 WWUS53 KGLD 070252 SVSGLD Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 852 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021 KSC181-070315- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210807T0315Z/ Sherman KS- 852 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY... At 852 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of Ruleton, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Sherman County. This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 0 and 22. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3937 10163 3915 10164 3915 10205 3936 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 268DEG 39KT 3923 10188 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Lundquist
385
WWUS53 KGLD 070308
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
908 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
KSC181-070317-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210807T0315Z/
Sherman KS-
908 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 915 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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3937 10163 3915 10164 3915 10205 3936 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 268DEG 39KT 3923 10169
$$
LundquistThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 9 min |
| Aug 6, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 8:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 4:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 75 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.