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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Goodland, KS

May 13, 2021Dundy County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2021, 4:41 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
May 13, 2021, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 5:02 PM MDTHAIL 1.52 E Haigler, NEREPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.).
May 13, 5:08 PM MDTHAIL 1.5Haigler, NEHAIL RANGED FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 13, 5:13 PM MDTHAIL 1Haigler, NE

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2021-05-13Temperature 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 2021-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

944 
WUUS53 KGLD 132241
SVRGLD
KSC023-NEC057-132330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0024.210513T2241Z-210513T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
441 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas...
  Western Dundy County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 530 PM MDT/630 PM CDT/.

* At 441 PM MDT/541 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 8
  miles north of Haigler, or 16 miles east of Wray, moving southeast
  at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Haigler around 500 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 10158 3988 10198 4012 10205 4024 10205
      4029 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 328DEG 19KT 4013 10193 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AW
2 follow-up statements
357 
WWUS53 KGLD 132305
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
505 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC023-NEC057-132330-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210513T2330Z/
Cheyenne KS-Dundy NE-
505 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM
MDT/630 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

At 504 PM MDT/604 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles
east of Haigler, or 16 miles west of Benkelman, moving southeast at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas and southwestern
Dundy Counties in southwestern Nebraska, including the following
locations... Parks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3997 10158 3988 10198 4008 10203 4017 10196
      4020 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 328DEG 19KT 4002 10184 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AW
280 
WWUS53 KGLD 132331
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
531 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC023-NEC057-132340-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210513T2330Z/
Cheyenne KS-Dundy NE-
531 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
South Central Dundy County and North Central Cheyenne County.

LAT...LON 3997 10158 3988 10198 4008 10203 4017 10196
      4020 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 328DEG 19KT 3991 10175 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy47 min
May 13, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy17 min
May 13, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy19 min
May 13, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy20 min
May 13, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy47 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.