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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Goodland, KS

August 19, 2021Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2021, 2:49 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2021, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
26 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), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 3:23 PM MDTHAIL 0.258 Ese Clarkville, COSPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

511 
WUUS53 KGLD 192049
SVRGLD
COC125-192115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0201.210819T2049Z-210819T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
249 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 315 PM MDT.

* At 248 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
  of Eckley, or 9 miles northeast of Yuma, moving northeast at 35
  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
  northwestern Yuma County, including the following locations...
  Clarkville.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 262 and 263.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10223 4006 10249 4015 10270 4044 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 207DEG 32KT 4018 10255 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KMK/JRM
1 follow-up statement
272 
WWUS53 KGLD 192100
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
300 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021

COC125-192115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-210819T2115Z/
Yuma CO-
300 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...

At 300 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Eckley, or 14 miles northeast of Yuma, moving northeast at 30 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 north
central Yuma County.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 262 and 263.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10223 4013 10243 4017 10263 4044 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 210DEG 25KT 4025 10250 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
KMK/JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma46 min
Aug 19, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma52 min
Aug 19, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma25 min
Aug 19, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma25 min
Aug 19, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.