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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 9:14 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- May 2, 2021, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted.
415
WUUS53 KGLD 030214
SVRGLD
KSC063-030300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0020.210503T0214Z-210503T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
914 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Gove County in west central Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 914 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles south of Collyer to near Healy, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Gove County, including the following locations... The Monument
Rocks.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 105 and
112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10082 3887 10081 3913 10016 3911 10015
3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 329DEG 25KT 3893 10015 3864 10061
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Lundquist2 follow-up statements
168
WWUS53 KGLD 030235
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
935 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC063-030300-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0300Z/
Gove KS-
935 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...
At 935 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Utica, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Quinter and Gove.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 106 and
112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10070 3888 10069 3913 10016 3911 10015
3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 256DEG 33KT 3875 10018
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Lundquist504
WWUS53 KGLD 030250
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
950 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC063-030300-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0300Z/
Gove KS-
950 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3870 10070 3888 10069 3913 10016 3911 10015
3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 329DEG 25KT 3867 10012
$$
LundquistThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Thomas | 78 min |
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas, Wichita | 83 min |
| May 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 72 min |
| May 2, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 90 min |
| May 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 96 min |
| May 2, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 9 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 38 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.