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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 7:52 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 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, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
476
WUUS53 KGLD 130152
SVRGLD
COC063-130245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0197.210813T0152Z-210813T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
752 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 845 PM MDT.
* At 752 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Flagler, moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Kit Carson County.
This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 391 and
400.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10316 3917 10315 3929 10315 3927 10297
3908 10297 3907 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 093DEG 14KT 3918 10311
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
0241 follow-up statement
703
WWUS53 KGLD 130221 RRA
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
821 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
COC063-130231-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-210813T0245Z/
Kit Carson CO-
821 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3913 10316 3917 10315 3929 10315 3927 10297
3908 10297 3907 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 093DEG 14KT 3919 10326
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 7:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 45 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.