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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Goodland, KS

September 12, 2021Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2021, 5:06 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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
Sep 12, 2021, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
54 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 62 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 2021-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2021-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

362 
WUUS53 KGLD 122306
SVRGLD
COC063-130000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0232.210912T2306Z-210913T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
506 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 505 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
  of Seibert, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Public. A personal weather station in Flagler, Colorado 
           recorded a 59 mph wind gust.

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

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

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 398 and
433.
 
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 3957 10305 3957 10234 3925 10234 3926 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 271DEG 28KT 3944 10295 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT
4 follow-up statements
567 
WWUS53 KGLD 122317
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
517 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC063-130000-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/
Kit Carson CO-
517 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 517 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Seibert, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 398 and
433.
 
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 3957 10301 3957 10234 3925 10234 3926 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 271DEG 28KT 3944 10283 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT
814 
WWUS53 KGLD 122330
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
530 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC063-130000-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/
Kit Carson CO-
530 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Vona, or 10 miles northwest of Stratton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 405 and
433.
 
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 3957 10293 3957 10234 3925 10234 3926 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 271DEG 28KT 3944 10270 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT
291 
WWUS53 KGLD 122345
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
545 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC063-130000-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/
Kit Carson CO-
545 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...

At 545 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Stratton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Stratton and Bethune. 

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 420 and
433.
 
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 3957 10281 3957 10234 3925 10234 3929 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 271DEG 28KT 3944 10254 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TT
398 
WWUS53 KGLD 130000
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
600 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

COC063-130008-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-210913T0000Z/
Kit Carson CO-
600 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm has been allowed to expire. However a new 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 645pm MDT for North 
Central Kit Carson County.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Goodland.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
North Central Kit Carson County until 645pm MDT.

LAT...LON 3957 10281 3957 10234 3925 10234 3929 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 271DEG 28KT 3944 10241 

$$

TT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma28 min
Sep 11, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson32 min
Sep 12, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson25 min
Sep 12, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson31 min
Sep 12, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson61 min
Sep 12, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma47 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.