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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 2021Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 2:31 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 22, 2021, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

896 
WUUS53 KGLD 222031
SVRGLD
KSC023-153-NEC057-087-222100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0056.210522T2031Z-210522T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
231 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas...
  Western Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
  Southeastern Dundy County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 300 PM MDT/400 PM CDT/.

* At 230 PM MDT/330 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Bird City, or 17 miles east of St. Francis, moving northeast at 35
  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 be near...
  McDonald around 340 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3958 10133 3966 10167 4008 10147 4002 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 203DEG 29KT 3974 10147 

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

024
2 follow-up statements
250 
WWUS53 KGLD 222048
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
248 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

KSC023-153-NEC057-087-222100-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210522T2100Z/
Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
248 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM
MDT/400 PM CDT/ FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

At 248 PM MDT/348 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles
north of McDonald, or 14 miles southeast of Benkelman, moving
northeast at 35 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
eastern Cheyenne and western Rawlins Counties in northwestern Kansas,
southwestern Hitchcock and southeastern Dundy Counties in
southwestern Nebraska, including the following locations...
Beardsley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3958 10133 3966 10167 4008 10147 4002 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 203DEG 29KT 3988 10140 

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

024
842 
WWUS53 KGLD 222100
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
300 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

KSC023-153-NEC057-087-222110-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210522T2100Z/
Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
300 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN
RAWLINS COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND
SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 allowed to expire.  However small
hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT/1100
PM CDT/ for northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 3958 10133 3966 10167 4008 10147 4002 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 203DEG 29KT 3993 10137 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow22 min
May 22, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow65 min
May 22, 4:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow2 hr
May 22, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow15 min
May 22, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne21 min
May 22, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins29 min
May 22, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins32 min
May 22, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.