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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 2021Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 10:21 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 15, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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°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.

577 
WUUS53 KGLD 160321
SVRGLD
KSC063-160400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0044.210516T0321Z-210516T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1021 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1021 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles
  northeast of Scott State Lake, moving east at 5 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Gove County, including the following locations... The
  Monument Rocks.

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 3890 10081 3893 10054 3870 10051 3870 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 265DEG 4KT 3879 10075 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
432 
WWUS53 KGLD 160340
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1040 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC063-160400-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210516T0400Z/
Gove KS-
1040 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY...

At 1040 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Scott State Lake, and is nearly stationary.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
The Monument Rocks.

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 3890 10081 3893 10054 3870 10051 3870 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 265DEG 4KT 3879 10072 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley41 min
May 15, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley34 min
May 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita36 min
May 15, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley4 hr
May 15, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley44 min
May 15, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita4 hr
May 15, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace45 min
May 15, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita55 min
May 15, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley58 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan3 hr
May 15, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan58 min
May 15, 10:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
May 15, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan42 min
May 15, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Sheridan, Thomas55 min
May 15, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita2 hr
May 15, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita40 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan15 min
May 16, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman41 min
May 16, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins78 min
May 16, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Sheridan, Thomas75 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan57 min
May 16, 1:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita5 hr
May 16, 1:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita5 hr
May 16, 2:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGraham5 hr
May 16, 2:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan5 hr
May 16, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita23 hr
May 16, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas57 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Thomas63 min
May 16, 6:49 PM CDTSevere 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.