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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
0242 follow-up statements
250
WWUS53 KGLD 222048
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
248 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
KSC023-153-NEC057-087-222100-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210522T2100Z/
Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
248 PM MDT Sat May 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM
MDT/400 PM CDT/ FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
At 248 PM MDT/348 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles
north of McDonald, or 14 miles southeast of Benkelman, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Cheyenne and western Rawlins Counties in northwestern Kansas,
southwestern Hitchcock and southeastern Dundy Counties in
southwestern Nebraska, including the following locations...
Beardsley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 10133 3966 10167 4008 10147 4002 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 203DEG 29KT 3988 10140
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
024842
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
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 22 min |
| May 22, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 2 hr |
| May 22, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 15 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| May 22, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.