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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 26, 5:50 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 Nnw Edson, KS | REPORT OF 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Aug 26, 5:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Nnw Edson, KS | REPORT OF SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KGLD 262316
SVRGLD
KSC181-193-199-270000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0221.210826T2316Z-210827T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
516 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Wallace County in west central Kansas...
West central Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
Southern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM MDT/700 PM CDT/.
* At 516 PM MDT/616 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11
miles south of Goodland, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Wallace, west central Thomas and southern Sherman
Counties, including the following locations... Edson.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 15 and 36.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This thunderstorm 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 3918 10204 3946 10154 3924 10125 3913 10146
3914 10148 3912 10148 3891 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 239DEG 21KT 3918 10174
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
0242 follow-up statements
346
WWUS53 KGLD 262345
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
545 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
KSC181-193-199-270000-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-210827T0000Z/
Wallace KS-Thomas KS-Sherman KS-
545 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM
MDT/700 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHERN WALLACE...WEST CENTRAL THOMAS AND
SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...
At 545 PM MDT/645 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles
southeast of Goodland, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Goodland and Edson.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 15 and 36.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This thunderstorm will produce damaging winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.
&&
LAT...LON 3918 10204 3946 10154 3924 10125 3913 10146
3914 10148 3912 10148 3896 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 239DEG 21KT 3927 10155
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
024547
WWUS53 KGLD 262357
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
557 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
KSC181-193-199-270007-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-210827T0000Z/
Wallace KS-Thomas KS-Sherman KS-
557 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WALLACE...WEST
CENTRAL THOMAS AND SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM
MDT/700 PM CDT/...
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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3918 10204 3946 10154 3924 10125 3913 10146
3914 10148 3912 10148 3896 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 239DEG 21KT 3930 10149
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 8:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 9:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 9:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 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.