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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

April 27, 2021Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2021, 2:06 AM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 27, 2021, 2:06 AM MDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2021, 2:45 AM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2021-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2021-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

461 
WUUS53 KGLD 270806
SVRGLD
COC125-270845-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0002.210427T0806Z-210427T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
206 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 245 AM MDT.

* At 206 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
  of Arickaree School, or 22 miles southwest of Yuma, moving east at
  40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Yuma County, including the following locations...
  Abarr and Heartstrong.

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 4000 10280 4000 10279 4003 10279 4007 10242
      3988 10231 3969 10238 3974 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 268DEG 36KT 3985 10295 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
136 
WWUS53 KGLD 270820
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
220 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

COC125-270845-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210427T0845Z/
Yuma CO-
220 AM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...

At 220 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
Cope, or 18 miles south of Yuma, moving east at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Abarr and Heartstrong. 

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 3998 10279 4000 10279 4000 10277 4003 10241
      3988 10231 3969 10238 3974 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 268DEG 36KT 3985 10277 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 2:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma33 min
Apr 27, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne62 min
Apr 27, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson57 min
Apr 27, 4:06 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne24 min
Apr 27, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson38 min
Apr 27, 4:31 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne29 min
Apr 27, 4:40 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Apr 27, 4:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma43 min
Apr 27, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson48 min
Apr 27, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
Apr 27, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma29 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma26 min
Apr 27, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne42 min
Apr 27, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips35 min
Apr 27, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson, Yuma67 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.