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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Goodland, KS

May 14, 2021Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 7:37 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2021, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-15The 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

789 
WUUS53 KGLD 150137
SVRGLD
KSC071-150230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0037.210515T0137Z-210515T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Greeley County in west central Kansas...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 736 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles south of
  Horace, or 14 miles south of Tribune, moving east at 10 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
  southeastern Greeley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3832 10188 3841 10157 3826 10157 3826 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 269DEG 10KT 3827 10183 

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

AW
2 follow-up statements
491 
WWUS53 KGLD 150207
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
807 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC071-150230-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Greeley KS-
807 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY...

At 807 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Tribune, moving east at 10 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 Greeley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10157 3826 10157 3826 10180 3834 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 269DEG 10KT 3827 10172 

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

AW
206 
WWUS53 KGLD 150233
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
833 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC071-150242-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210515T0230Z/
Greeley KS-
833 PM MDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. 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 1000 PM MDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3841 10157 3826 10157 3826 10180 3834 10182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 269DEG 10KT 3827 10163 

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham26 min
May 14, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan67 min
May 14, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas27 min
May 14, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan44 min
May 14, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman27 min
May 14, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace14 min
May 14, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley25 min
May 14, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
May 14, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita60 min
May 14, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan27 min
May 14, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan25 min
May 14, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan, Thomas64 min
May 14, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas32 min
May 14, 8:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley10 min
May 14, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley26 min
May 14, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove37 min
May 14, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
May 14, 10:49 PM MDTSpecial 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.