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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 2021Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 11:37 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 11:52 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 12:01 AM CDT	HAIL 0.25	7 Nne Grainfield, KS	PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.

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, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

946 
WUUS53 KGLD 160437
SVRGLD
KSC179-160515-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0048.210516T0437Z-210516T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1137 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1137 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grainfield,
  moving north 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
  southwestern Sheridan County, including the following locations...
  Seguin.

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 3913 10031 3913 10056 3936 10064 3939 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 174DEG 7KT 3916 10044 

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

JN

1 follow-up statement

235 
WWUS53 KGLD 160452
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1152 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC179-160502-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210516T0515Z/
Sheridan KS-
1152 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3913 10031 3913 10056 3936 10064 3939 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 174DEG 7KT 3919 10044 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	41 min
May 15, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	34 min
May 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	36 min
May 15, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	4 hr
May 15, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	44 min
May 15, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wichita	4 hr
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	45 min
May 15, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	55 min
May 15, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	58 min
May 15, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	39 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan	3 hr
May 15, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	58 min
May 15, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove	3 hr
May 15, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	42 min
May 15, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Sheridan, Thomas	55 min
May 15, 11:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wichita	2 hr
May 15, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	40 min
May 16, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	41 min
May 16, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Rawlins	78 min
May 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Sheridan, Thomas	75 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove, Logan	57 min
May 16, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	5 hr
May 16, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace, Wichita	5 hr
May 16, 2:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	5 hr
May 16, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	5 hr
May 16, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	23 hr
May 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	57 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	63 min
May 16, 6:49 PM CDT	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.