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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Goodland, KS

August 12, 2021Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WUUS53 KGLD 130145
SVRGLD
COC063-130230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0196.210813T0145Z-210813T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 745 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vona, or near
  Seibert, moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Seibert.

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 401 and
417.
 
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 3942 10270 3921 10261 3910 10288 3937 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 062DEG 7KT 3929 10280 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
986 
WWUS53 KGLD 130221
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
821 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

COC063-130231-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
Kit Carson CO-
821 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT...
                
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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Goodland.

LAT...LON 3942 10270 3921 10261 3910 10288 3937 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 062DEG 7KT 3926 10287 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson37 min
Aug 12, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson29 min
Aug 12, 7:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson3 hr
Aug 12, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson29 min

Nearby

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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.