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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 30, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Decatur County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 30, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | 1 Nnw Oberlin, KS | AWOS STATION KOIN OBERLIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.9
The text
As transmitted.
751 WUUS53 KGLD 310057 SVRGLD KSC039-310130- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0227.210831T0057Z-210831T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Goodland KS 757 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Decatur County in northwestern Kansas... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 756 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of Oberlin, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Oberlin around 805 PM CDT. Dresden around 815 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Jennings and Clayton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3961 10074 3992 10074 3989 10018 3957 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 279DEG 28KT 3975 10058 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TT
2 follow-up statements
390 WWUS53 KGLD 310114 SVSGLD Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 814 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 KSC039-310130- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-210831T0130Z/ Decatur KS- 814 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR DECATUR COUNTY... At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of Jennings, or 9 miles southeast of Oberlin, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Jennings and Clayton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3961 10074 3989 10065 3989 10018 3957 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 279DEG 28KT 3973 10040 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TT
389
WWUS53 KGLD 310128
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
828 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
KSC039-310137-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-210831T0130Z/
Decatur KS-
828 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DECATUR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 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.
LAT...LON 3961 10074 3989 10065 3989 10018 3957 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 279DEG 28KT 3971 10028
$$
TTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 14 min |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 14 min |
| Aug 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 15 min |
| Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 15 min |
| Aug 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 17 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.