Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 5:04 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2021, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
903 WUUS53 KGLD 082304 SVRGLD COC017-063-082345- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0022.210508T2304Z-210508T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Goodland KS 504 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021 The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Cheyenne County in east central Colorado... Southwestern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado... * Until 545 PM MDT. * At 503 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of Arriba to 5 miles east of Punkin Center, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts from thunderstorm outflow. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of western Cheyenne and southwestern Kit Carson Counties in east central Colorado, including the following locations... Wild Horse and Aroya. This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 390 and 393. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These thunderstorms could produce damaging winds resulting in areas of near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility. && LAT...LON 3927 10316 3918 10264 3865 10281 3871 10316 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 271DEG 32KT 3917 10327 3883 10361 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ JN
3 follow-up statements
380
WWUS53 KGLD 082312
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
512 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
COC017-063-082345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210508T2345Z/
Cheyenne CO-Kit Carson CO-
512 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...
At 511 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles south of Arriba to 6 miles north of Karval,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Airport instrumention in Hugo and Limon reported gusts 58
to 61 mph.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kit Carson, Wild Horse and Aroya.
This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 390 and
393.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
These thunderstorms will produce damaging winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.
&&
LAT...LON 3927 10316 3918 10264 3865 10281 3871 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 271DEG 32KT 3917 10321 3883 10356
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JN030
WWUS53 KGLD 082317
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
517 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
COC017-063-082345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210508T2345Z/
Cheyenne CO-Kit Carson CO-
517 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...
At 516 PM MDT, outflow from severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Flagler to 5 miles north
of Karval, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Airport instrumentation in Hugo and Limon has reported
gusts 58 to 61 mph.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kit Carson, Wild Horse and Aroya.
This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 390 and
393.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
These thunderstorms will produce damaging winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.
&&
LAT...LON 3927 10316 3918 10264 3865 10281 3871 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 275DEG 30KT 3915 10315 3881 10349
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JN715
WWUS53 KGLD 082332
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
532 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
COC017-063-082345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210508T2345Z/
Cheyenne CO-Kit Carson CO-
532 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...
At 531 PM MDT, outflow from severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from 11 miles south of Flagler to 9 miles southwest
of Boyero, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Airport instrumentation in Limon and Public report in Hugo
has reported gusts 58 to 61 mph.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kit Carson, Wild Horse and Aroya.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
These thunderstorms will produce damaging winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.
&&
LAT...LON 3919 10315 3918 10264 3865 10281 3871 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 275DEG 30KT 3914 10300 3880 10334
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| May 7, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| May 7, 8:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| May 8, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| May 8, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 77 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.