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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Goodland, KS

August 15, 2021Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 6:04 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 15, 2021, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

750 
WUUS53 KGLD 152304
SVRGLD
KSC063-152330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0200.210815T2304Z-210815T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
604 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Gove County in west central Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
  Arnold, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Gove County.

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 10016 3870 10027 3888 10022 3888 10015
      3871 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 021DEG 11KT 3877 10009 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT/JN
1 follow-up statement
050 
WWUS53 KGLD 152309
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
609 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC063-152330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-210815T2330Z/
Gove KS-
609 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...

At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Utica, moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Gove County.

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 10016 3870 10027 3880 10024 3884 10015
      3871 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 040DEG 10KT 3876 10012 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT/JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne67 min
Aug 15, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Aug 15, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman26 min
Aug 15, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Aug 15, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne40 min
Aug 15, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman37 min
Aug 15, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace35 min
Aug 15, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman32 min
Aug 15, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace30 min
Aug 15, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham29 min
Aug 15, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham32 min
Aug 15, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham30 min
Aug 15, 5:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham6 hr
Aug 15, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham20 min
Aug 15, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham19 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.