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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS

May 13, 2021Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2021, 9:34 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
May 13, 2021, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Logan County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

175 
WUUS53 KGLD 140234
SVRGLD
KSC109-140315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0029.210514T0234Z-210514T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 934 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Russell
  Springs, or 19 miles northwest of Scott State Lake, moving
  southeast 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
  southern Logan County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3889 10138 3900 10129 3901 10114 3870 10082
      3870 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 325DEG 19KT 3889 10118 

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

AW
2 follow-up statements
041 
WWUS53 KGLD 140252
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
952 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC109-140315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210514T0315Z/
Logan KS-
952 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY...

At 952 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Scott State Lake, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Logan County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10131 3894 10107 3870 10082 3870 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 321DEG 26KT 3872 10110 

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

AW
045 
WWUS53 KGLD 140308
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1008 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC109-140318-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210514T0315Z/
Logan KS-
1008 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3877 10131 3894 10107 3870 10082 3870 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 325DEG 19KT 3866 10105 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
May 13, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman51 min
May 13, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman54 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas46 min
May 13, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
May 13, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan13 min
May 13, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita8 min
May 14, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton66 min
May 14, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton56 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan19 min
May 14, 6:43 PM CDTSevere 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.