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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 2021Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
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

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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
 
$$

JN
030 
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
 
$$

JN
715 
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
 
$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson25 min
May 7, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
May 7, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips24 min
May 7, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
May 7, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson36 min
May 8, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma47 min
May 8, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson77 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.