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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Goodland, KS

May 2, 2021Gove County, Kansas

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.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

Lundquist
2 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
 
$$

Lundquist
504 
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 

$$

Lundquist

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDThomas78 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more63 min
May 2, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas, Wichita83 min
May 2, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton72 min
May 2, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan90 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham96 min
May 2, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita9 min
May 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton47 min
May 2, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham38 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.