Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2021, 5:03 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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 22, 2021, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Decatur County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wsw Danbury, NE | CALLER REPORTED SPORADIC DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Danbury, NE | SPOTTER REPORTED MOSTLY PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH SPORADIC PING PONG SIZED HAIL MIXED IN. |
| Aug 22, 5:24 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 3 Ene Danbury, NE | CALLER REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 537 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 608 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KGLD 222203
SVRGLD
KSC039-NEC145-222245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0213.210822T2203Z-210822T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
503 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Decatur County in northwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 503 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Herndon, or
14 miles northwest of Oberlin, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Danbury and Lebanon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 10020 4000 10019 4000 10018 3994 10018
3992 10063 4003 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 254DEG 23KT 3995 10074
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
AW3 follow-up statements
713
WWUS53 KGLD 222213
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
513 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
KSC039-NEC145-222245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210822T2245Z/
Decatur KS-Red Willow NE-
513 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
At 513 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Danbury, or 14
miles north of Oberlin, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Danbury, Lebanon and Cedar Bluffs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 10020 4000 10019 4000 10018 3994 10018
3992 10055 4005 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 251DEG 24KT 4002 10045
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
AW821
WWUS53 KGLD 222230
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
530 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
KSC039-NEC145-222245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210822T2245Z/
Decatur KS-Red Willow NE-
530 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lebanon, or 19
miles southeast of McCook, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Danbury and Lebanon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 10020 4000 10019 4000 10018 3996 10018
3998 10039 4010 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 254DEG 23KT 4005 10031
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
AW095
WWUS53 KGLD 222248
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
548 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
KSC039-NEC145-222257-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210822T2245Z/
Decatur KS-Red Willow NE-
548 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND
SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4024 10020 4000 10019 4000 10018 3996 10018
3998 10039 4010 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 254DEG 23KT 4008 10016
$$
AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 20 min |
| Aug 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 18 min |
| Aug 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 13 min |
| Aug 22, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 23 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.