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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 2021Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 22, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rawlins County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 22, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 51	3 Se Beardsley, KS	MESONET STATION K5ADT US-36 - 9 MI. W OF ATWOOD.

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 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

955 
WUUS53 KGLD 222113
SVRGLD
KSC153-222145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0057.210522T2113Z-210522T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 413 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of Atwood, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Atwood around 430 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Ludell.

People attending Downtown Atwood should seek safe shelter
immediately!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3958 10106 3963 10136 4000 10122 4000 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 221DEG 25KT 3973 10114 

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

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1 follow-up statement

114 
WWUS53 KGLD 222144
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
444 PM CDT Sat May 22 2021

KSC153-222154-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210522T2145Z/
Rawlins KS-
444 PM CDT Sat May 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3958 10106 3963 10136 4000 10122 4000 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 221DEG 25KT 3988 10097 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	21 min
May 22, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	29 min
May 22, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	29 min
May 22, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	56 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.