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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Goodland, KS

May 14, 2021Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 14, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 9:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.252 S Leoti, KSWICHITA COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
May 14, 9:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 Ssw Marienthal, KSWICHITA COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WUUS53 KGLD 150130
SVRGLD
KSC203-150230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0036.210515T0130Z-210515T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
830 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 830 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
  of Leoti, moving east at 15 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...
  Leoti around 845 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10157 3846 10157 3860 10113 3827 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 275DEG 14KT 3843 10144 

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

AW
2 follow-up statements
166 
WWUS53 KGLD 150206
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
906 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC203-150230-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Wichita KS-
906 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY...

At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of
Leoti, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southern Wichita County, including the following locations...
Marienthal and Selkirk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3834 10157 3846 10157 3860 10113 3827 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 275DEG 14KT 3842 10126 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AW
636 
WWUS53 KGLD 150232
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
932 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC203-150242-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Wichita KS-
932 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
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 has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3834 10157 3846 10157 3860 10113 3827 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 275DEG 14KT 3841 10113 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham26 min
May 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan67 min
May 14, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas27 min
May 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan44 min
May 14, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman27 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace14 min
May 14, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley25 min
May 14, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
May 14, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan27 min
May 14, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan25 min
May 14, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley53 min
May 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan, Thomas64 min
May 14, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas32 min
May 14, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley10 min
May 14, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley26 min
May 14, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove37 min
May 14, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
May 14, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton41 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.