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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

May 14, 2021Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 9:19 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 9:56 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

477 
WUUS53 KGLD 150219
SVRGLD
KSC063-150315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0039.210515T0219Z-210515T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Gove County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 919 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gove, moving
  southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter 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
  Gove County.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 95 and
100.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10065 3905 10075 3913 10038 3888 10015
      3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 313DEG 26KT 3901 10049 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRM

3 follow-up statements

986 
WWUS53 KGLD 150237
SVSGLD

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

KSC063-150315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210515T0315Z/
Gove KS-
937 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

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

At 936 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Quinter to 13 miles north of
Healy, moving south at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Gove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10072 3907 10034 3888 10015 3870 10016
      3870 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 348DEG 25KT 3900 10033 3879 10062 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRM

369 
WWUS53 KGLD 150250
SVSGLD

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

KSC063-150315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210515T0315Z/
Gove KS-
950 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY...

At 950 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles east of Gove to 10 miles north of Healy,
moving south at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southern Gove County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3883 10067 3897 10027 3888 10015 3870 10016
      3870 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 338DEG 22KT 3891 10031 3875 10056 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRM

572 
WWUS53 KGLD 150256
SVSGLD

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

KSC063-150305-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210515T0315Z/
Gove KS-
956 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 3883 10067 3897 10027 3888 10015 3870 10016
      3870 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 313DEG 26KT 3888 10028 3872 10053 

$$

JRM

The 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, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	60 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, 9:31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.