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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS

May 13, 2021Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2021, 7:29 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
May 13, 2021, 7:29 PM MDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 7:29 PM MDTHAIL 1.251 Ne Edson, KSDELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. DIME TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL OBSERVED ON ROAD AFTER STORM PASSED. ROAD WAS COVERED IN HAIL FROM ROUGHLY SHERMAN COUNTY ROAD 30 TO 34.
May 13, 7:50 PM MDTHAIL 0.883 E Edson, KS

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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

604 
WUUS53 KGLD 140129
SVRGLD
KSC181-193-140215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0028.210514T0129Z-210514T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/.

* At 728 PM MDT/828 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 4
  miles southwest of Brewster, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Thomas and southeastern Sherman Counties, including
  the following locations... Edson.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 26 and 39.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3928 10161 3940 10150 3943 10139 3921 10116
      3913 10147 3914 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 325DEG 14KT 3931 10142 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AW
2 follow-up statements
761 
WWUS53 KGLD 140149
SVSGLD

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

KSC181-193-140215-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210514T0215Z/
Thomas KS-Sherman KS-
749 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM
MDT/915 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN
COUNTIES...

At 748 PM MDT/848 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles
northwest of Winona, or 14 miles south of Brewster, moving south at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Thomas and southeastern Sherman Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3919 10153 3932 10145 3934 10134 3917 10132
      3913 10147 3914 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 340DEG 19KT 3916 10142 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

AW
682 
WWUS53 KGLD 140206
SVSGLD

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

KSC181-193-140216-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210514T0215Z/
Thomas KS-Sherman KS-
806 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT/915 PM
CDT/...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However small hail is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3919 10153 3932 10145 3934 10134 3917 10132
      3913 10147 3914 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 325DEG 14KT 3911 10138 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
May 13, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman51 min
May 13, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman54 min
May 13, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
May 13, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan13 min
May 13, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan41 min
May 13, 9:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita8 min
May 13, 11:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton66 min
May 14, 12:19 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton56 min
May 14, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan19 min
May 14, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan32 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.