Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
0241 follow-up statement
109
WWUS53 KGLD 122221
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC203-122231-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-210812T2230Z/
Wichita KS-
521 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3835 10125 3858 10153 3870 10134 3870 10122
3858 10113 3844 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 140DEG 8KT 3854 10126
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 15 min |
| Aug 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 29 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.