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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 2021Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 7:56 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 15, 2021, 7:56 PM MDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1303 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 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted.

415 
WUUS53 KGLD 160156
SVRGLD
KSC071-160230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0040.210516T0156Z-210516T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
756 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 756 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
  of Towner, or 15 miles southwest of Tribune, moving northeast at 10
  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
  southern Greeley County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 10204 3843 10204 3849 10178 3827 10157
      3826 10157 3826 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 244DEG 8KT 3834 10199 

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

JN
1 follow-up statement
918 
WWUS53 KGLD 160203
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
803 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC071-160230-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210516T0230Z/
Greeley KS-
803 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021

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

At 803 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Towner, or 14 miles southwest of Tribune, moving northeast at 10
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.

Locations impacted include...
Tribune and Horace. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 10204 3843 10204 3849 10178 3827 10157
      3826 10157 3826 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 244DEG 8KT 3835 10197 

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

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley41 min
May 15, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita36 min
May 15, 8:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley4 hr
May 15, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley44 min
May 15, 8:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita4 hr
May 15, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace45 min
May 15, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita55 min
May 15, 9:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley58 min
May 15, 9:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove39 min
May 15, 9:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan3 hr
May 15, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan58 min
May 15, 9:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
May 15, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan42 min
May 15, 10:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Sheridan, Thomas55 min
May 15, 10:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita2 hr
May 15, 10:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita40 min
May 15, 10:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan15 min
May 15, 11:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman41 min
May 15, 11:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins78 min
May 15, 11:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Sheridan, Thomas75 min
May 15, 11:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan57 min
May 16, 12:27 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita5 hr
May 16, 12:41 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita5 hr
May 16, 1:05 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGraham5 hr
May 16, 1:10 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan5 hr
May 16, 1:49 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita23 hr
May 16, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas57 min
May 16, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Thomas63 min
May 16, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan41 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.