Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 S Leoti, KS | WICHITA COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. |
| May 14, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ssw Marienthal, KS | WICHITA 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
AW2 follow-up statements
166
WWUS53 KGLD 150206
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
906 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
KSC203-150230-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Wichita KS-
906 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY...
At 906 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of
Leoti, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southern Wichita County, including the following locations...
Marienthal and Selkirk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3834 10157 3846 10157 3860 10113 3827 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 275DEG 14KT 3842 10126
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AW636
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
$$
AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 26 min |
| May 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 67 min |
| May 14, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 27 min |
| May 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 27 min |
| May 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 14 min |
| May 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 25 min |
| May 14, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 23 min |
| May 14, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 27 min |
| May 14, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 25 min |
| May 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 53 min |
| May 14, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 64 min |
| May 14, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 10 min |
| May 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 26 min |
| May 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 37 min |
| May 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 14 min |
| May 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 41 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.