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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS

May 23, 2021Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 8:13 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2021, 8:13 PM MDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

865 
WUUS53 KGLD 240213
SVRGLD
KSC023-153-NEC057-087-240245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0067.210524T0213Z-210524T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
813 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 845 PM MDT/945 PM CDT/.

* At 813 PM MDT/913 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from 3 miles south of Enders Reservoir State
  Recreation Area to 13 miles north of Ruleton, moving northeast at
  45 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bird City and McDonald.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 10122 3958 10205 4035 10183 4035 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 234DEG 41KT 4038 10153 3953 10184 

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

Lockhart

2 follow-up statements

993 
WWUS53 KGLD 240238
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
838 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

KSC023-153-NEC057-087-240245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210524T0245Z/
Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
838 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM
MDT/945 PM CDT/ FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS
COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...WESTERN HITCHCOCK AND EASTERN DUNDY
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

At 838 PM MDT/938 PM CDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 7 miles southeast of Wauneta to 4 miles southwest
of Bird City, moving northeast at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
St. Francis, Benkelman, Bird City, Palisade, Stratton, McDonald and
Max.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 10122 3961 10193 4035 10163 4035 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 242DEG 23KT 4035 10125 3969 10157 

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

Lockhart

387 
WWUS53 KGLD 240246
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
846 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

KSC023-153-NEC057-087-240255-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210524T0245Z/
Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
846 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND
NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...WESTERN
HITCHCOCK AND EASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA HAS
EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT/100
AM CDT/ for northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 3972 10122 3961 10193 4035 10163 4035 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 234DEG 41KT 4040 10116 3974 10149 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	46 min
May 23, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	50 min
May 23, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	9 min
May 23, 8:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	60 min
May 23, 10:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	27 min
May 23, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	36 min
May 24, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	25 min
May 23, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	55 min
May 23, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	63 min
May 23, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	63 min
May 23, 9:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins, Sherman	65 min
May 23, 10:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan, Thomas	59 min
May 23, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	33 min
May 24, 2:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	32 min
May 24, 3:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	30 min
May 24, 5:07 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	4 hr
May 24, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	14 min
May 24, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	16 min
May 24, 1:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wichita	40 min
May 24, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	67 min
May 24, 2:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	23 min
May 24, 2:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	27 min
May 24, 2:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	50 min
May 24, 2:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace, Wichita	3 hr
May 24, 2:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wallace	12 min
May 24, 2:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	15 min
May 24, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	58 min
May 24, 3:10 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	32 min
May 24, 3:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	20 min
May 24, 3:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	20 min
May 24, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	40 min
May 24, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	39 min
May 24, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	25 min
May 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	52 min
May 24, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	70 min
May 24, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	70 min
May 24, 4:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	22 min
May 24, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas	64 min
May 24, 4:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	44 min
May 24, 5:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	42 min
May 24, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	52 min
May 24, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	22 min
May 24, 5:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	33 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.