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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 10:14 AM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2021, 10:14 AM MDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 10:54 AM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS53 KGLD 261614
SVRGLD
KSC023-153-NEC057-087-261715-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0082.210526T1614Z-210526T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1014 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 1115 AM MDT/1215 PM CDT/.

* At 1014 AM MDT/1114 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 4
  miles west of McDonald, or 17 miles south of Benkelman, moving
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Stratton and Trenton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3970 10139 3977 10163 4025 10134 4016 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 216DEG 26KT 3980 10144 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Husted
2 follow-up statements
957 
WWUS53 KGLD 261636
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1036 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC023-261645-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210526T1715Z/
Cheyenne KS-
1036 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4016 10087 3980 10128 3985 10141 4000 10141
      4000 10149 4025 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 219DEG 22KT 3987 10134 

$$

KSC153-NEC057-087-261715-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210526T1715Z/
Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
1036 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM
MDT/1215 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS...SOUTHERN HITCHCOCK AND
SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...

At 1035 AM MDT/1135 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 6
miles north of McDonald, or 16 miles west of Atwood, moving northeast
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Trenton, Stratton and Max. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4016 10087 3980 10128 3985 10141 4000 10141
      4000 10149 4025 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 219DEG 22KT 3987 10134 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Husted
707 
WWUS53 KGLD 261654
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1054 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC153-NEC057-087-261704-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210526T1715Z/
Rawlins KS-Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
1054 AM MDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS...
SOUTHERN HITCHCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES 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 is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4016 10087 3980 10128 3985 10141 4000 10141
      4000 10149 4025 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 216DEG 26KT 3999 10123 

$$

Husted

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy9 min
May 26, 10:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock35 min
May 26, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock55 min
May 26, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock57 min
May 26, 3:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy52 min
May 26, 3:46 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGLDDundy29 min
May 26, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow54 min
May 26, 4:03 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDDundy, Hitchcock42 min
May 26, 4:20 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDHitchcock, Red Willow40 min
May 26, 4:29 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock46 min
May 26, 4:31 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock44 min
May 26, 5:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow45 min
May 26, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow48 min
May 26, 5:46 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow44 min
May 26, 5:57 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow48 min
May 26, 8:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne19 min
May 26, 8:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman16 min
May 26, 8:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas, Wallace67 min
May 26, 9:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman30 min
May 26, 9:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman66 min
May 26, 9:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins13 min
May 26, 9:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas63 min
May 26, 10:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas56 min
May 26, 11:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas68 min
May 26, 12:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur31 min
May 26, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita28 min
May 26, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita19 min
May 26, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan27 min
May 26, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas27 min
May 26, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan33 min
May 26, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas45 min
May 26, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan39 min
May 26, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan35 min
May 26, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins47 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.