Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 9:23 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 10:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
964
WUUS53 KGLD 030223
SVRGLD
KSC065-030330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.210503T0223Z-210503T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
923 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 922 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles north of Voda to Nicodemus, moving east at
15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Weather Instrument at Hill City.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Bogue and Nicodemus around 930 PM CDT.
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 3913 10016 3935 10016 3957 9965 3957 9960
3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 286DEG 12KT 3911 10002 3939 9962
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Lundquist2 follow-up statements
305
WWUS53 KGLD 030249
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
949 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC065-030330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T0330Z/
Graham KS-
949 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR GRAHAM COUNTY...
At 949 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cedar Bluff to Plainville, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts behind line of stronger storms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Graham County, including the following locations... Saint Peter,
Studley and Penokee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10016 3935 10016 3957 9965 3957 9960
3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 291DEG 30KT 3880 9969 3925 9930
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Lundquist580
WWUS53 KGLD 030301
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1001 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC065-030310-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T0330Z/
Graham KS-
1001 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRAHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 10016 3935 10016 3957 9965 3957 9960
3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 286DEG 12KT 3879 9965 3924 9926
$$
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, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 46 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.