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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Goodland, KS

August 12, 2021Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

983 
WUUS53 KGLD 122153
SVRGLD
KSC203-122230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0191.210812T2153Z-210812T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
453 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Modoc, moving northwest at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Public.

  IMPACT...Expect 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.

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 3835 10125 3858 10153 3870 10134 3870 10122
      3858 10113 3844 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 140DEG 8KT 3850 10122 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
109 
WWUS53 KGLD 122221
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

KSC203-122231-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-210812T2230Z/
Wichita KS-
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3835 10125 3858 10153 3870 10134 3870 10122
      3858 10113 3844 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 140DEG 8KT 3854 10126 

$$

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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, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita21 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, 4:54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.