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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Goodland, KS

August 11, 2021Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 8:39 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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 11, 2021, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 11, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Lydia, KSA POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED DUE TO HIGH WINDS. THERE WAS ALSO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN, HAIL AND BLOWING DUST. THESE CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED BY AN OFFICER LOCATED AT MILE MARKER 106 ON HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OF LEOTI, KS.

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 00:00Z, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1749 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

387 
WUUS53 KGLD 120139
SVRGLD
KSC203-120200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0190.210812T0139Z-210812T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
839 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 837 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
  Leoti, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. At 818 PM CDT, a snapped power pole was 
           reported at mile marker 106 on Highway 25. Low visibility 
           also reported due to blowing dust and rain.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Wichita County, including the following locations...
  Lydia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This thunderstorm will produce damaging winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10133 3838 10119 3826 10120 3826 10146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 015DEG 4KT 3832 10134 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MRC
1 follow-up statement
621 
WWUS53 KGLD 120156
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
856 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

KSC203-120205-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-210812T0200Z/
Wichita KS-
856 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
                
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.

LAT...LON 3842 10133 3838 10119 3826 10120 3826 10146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 015DEG 4KT 3830 10135 

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita36 min
Aug 11, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita15 min
Aug 11, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita24 min
Aug 12, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace24 min
Aug 12, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley37 min
Aug 12, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita32 min
Aug 12, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove26 min
Aug 12, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace31 min
Aug 12, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita37 min
Aug 12, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan36 min
Aug 12, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan36 min
Aug 12, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace30 min
Aug 12, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan37 min
Aug 12, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan36 min
Aug 12, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan, Thomas61 min
Aug 12, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan29 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.