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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Goodland, KS

August 26, 2021Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 4:05 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 26, 2021, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 4:53 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 4:09 PM MDTHAIL 0.25Flagler, CODELAYED SPOTTER REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Aug 26, 4:09 PM MDTHAIL 1Seibert, CODELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 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 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

959 
WUUS53 KGLD 262205
SVRGLD
COC063-262300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0219.210826T2205Z-210826T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
405 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 404 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seibert,
  moving north at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  western Kit Carson County.

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 391 and
425.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. 
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading 
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to 
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall with this storm may lead to flash flooding. Do 
not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 10315 3957 10315 3957 10250 3910 10248
      3909 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 175DEG 9KT 3931 10283 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent
3 follow-up statements
043 
WWUS53 KGLD 262225
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
425 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

COC063-262300-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-210826T2300Z/
Kit Carson CO-
425 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 424 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vona, or 4
miles east of Seibert, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Stratton, Seibert and Vona. 

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 398 and
426.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3919 10302 3957 10304 3957 10250 3920 10248
      3919 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 240DEG 9KT 3929 10279 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent
091 
WWUS53 KGLD 262242
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
442 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

COC063-262300-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-210826T2300Z/
Kit Carson CO-
442 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of
Vona, or 7 miles northwest of Stratton, moving northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Stratton and Vona. 

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 411 and
426.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3925 10278 3940 10279 3957 10280 3957 10250
      3926 10248 3925 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 216DEG 5KT 3938 10270 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent
354 
WWUS53 KGLD 262253
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
453 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

COC063-262258-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-210826T2300Z/
Kit Carson CO-
453 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  

Wind gusts up to 50 mph remain possible with this storm as it tracks 
slowly north toward southern Yuma county.

LAT...LON 3925 10278 3940 10279 3957 10280 3957 10250
      3926 10248 3925 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 175DEG 9KT 3940 10270 

$$

Vincent

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 1:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson57 min
Aug 26, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson55 min
Aug 26, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson63 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.