Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 8:31 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 15, 2021, 8:31 PM MDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 15, 8:45 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | Horace, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN PEA SIZE HAIL ONGOING AND WATER ON ROADS. WATER DEPTH ESTIMATED AT MAYBE ONE INCH. |
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 15, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KGLD 160231
SVRGLD
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
831 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Greeley County in west central Kansas...
* Until 915 PM MDT.
* At 830 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 15 miles south of Wallace to 12 miles southeast of
Towner, moving northeast at 5 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.
* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 10205 3860 10203 3869 10159 3833 10157
3826 10157 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 221DEG 6KT 3869 10161 3832 10198
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
589
WWUS53 KGLD 160241
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
841 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
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Greeley KS-
841 PM MDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT
FOR GREELEY COUNTY...
At 841 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 14 miles south of Wallace to 11 miles southeast of
Towner, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tribune and Horace.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 10205 3860 10203 3869 10159 3833 10157
3826 10157 3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 221DEG 6KT 3870 10160 3833 10197
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 41 min |
| May 15, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 34 min |
| May 15, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 36 min |
| May 15, 8:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 55 min |
| May 15, 9:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 58 min |
| May 15, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 39 min |
| May 15, 9:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 58 min |
| May 15, 9:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove | 3 hr |
| May 15, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Sheridan, Thomas | 55 min |
| May 15, 10:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wichita | 2 hr |
| May 15, 10:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 40 min |
| May 15, 10:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 15 min |
| May 15, 11:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 78 min |
| May 15, 11:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Sheridan, Thomas | 75 min |
| May 15, 11:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan | 57 min |
| May 16, 12:27 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wichita | 5 hr |
| May 16, 12:41 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:05 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:10 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 23 hr |
| May 16, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 57 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 63 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 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.