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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Goodland, KS

August 7, 2021Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 2:52 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 7, 2021, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Aug 7, 2:53 PM MDT	HAIL 2	Tribune, KS	CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Aug 7, 2:55 PM MDT	HAIL 1.5	Horace, KS	SHERIFF OFFICE PASSED ALONG VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF A REPORT OF PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.
Aug 7, 3:00 PM MDT	HAIL 2	Tribune, KS	DELAYED SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. REPORTED A COUPLE OF BROKEN WINDSHIELDS.
Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDT	HAIL 1.25	5 Ese Selkirk, KS	PUBLIC REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF PEA TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL LASTING APPROXIMATELY 13 MINUTES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -591 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

793 
WUUS53 KGLD 072052
SVRGLD
KSC071-203-072130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0174.210807T2052Z-210807T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
252 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 330 PM MDT/430 PM CDT/.

* At 252 PM MDT/352 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Tribune, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* 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 3842 10188 3858 10183 3854 10113 3827 10112
      3826 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 282DEG 32KT 3846 10169 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DDT

2 follow-up statements

106 
WWUS53 KGLD 072105
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
305 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC071-203-072130-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
305 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM
MDT/430 PM CDT/ FOR WICHITA AND EAST CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTIES...

At 305 PM MDT/405 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles
east of Tribune, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

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 this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10188 3858 10183 3854 10113 3827 10112
      3826 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 286DEG 27KT 3846 10162 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Lundquist

511 
WWUS53 KGLD 072123
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
323 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC071-203-072130-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
323 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM
MDT/430 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHERN WICHITA AND EAST CENTRAL GREELEY
COUNTIES...

At 323 PM MDT/423 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles
southwest of Leoti, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Leoti, 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 this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10172 3856 10170 3854 10113 3827 10112
      3826 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 289DEG 39KT 3843 10142 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Lundquist

The 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, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sherman	34 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, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	63 min
Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	56 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.