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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Goodland, KS

August 10, 2021Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:27 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 10, 2021, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 6:51 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

192 
WUUS53 KGLD 110027
SVRGLD
COC017-110130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0189.210811T0027Z-210811T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
627 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 627 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
  of Cheyenne Wells, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cheyenne Wells.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 140 and 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3894 10263 3899 10252 3873 10216 3861 10250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 328DEG 18KT 3890 10252 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

AW
1 follow-up statement
538 
WWUS53 KGLD 110051
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
651 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021

COC017-110100-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-210811T0130Z/
Cheyenne CO-
651 PM MDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3894 10263 3899 10252 3873 10216 3861 10250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 328DEG 18KT 3880 10244 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Aug 10, 10:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne33 min
Aug 10, 11:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne45 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.