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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 4:51 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 10 reports 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 26, 2021, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 26, 5:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Herndon, KS | OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TORNADO NEAR HERNDON. WAS LOOKING WEST IN BETWEEN OBERLIN AND MCCOOK. |
| May 26, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wnw Ludell, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO ROUGHLY 5 MILES NORTH OF ATWOOD. |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Wnw Herndon, KS | A TORNADO HIT A FARMSTEAD NORTHWEST OF HERNDON. AT THE FARMSTEAD, DAMAGE CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES, SEVERAL FARM STRUCTURES DAMAGED INCLUDING TORN OFF METAL ROOFING, BROKEN WINDOWS, AND EVEN A FEW METAL SUPPORT BEAMS BENT IN. SEVERAL GRA |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Herndon, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 7 NW HERNDON. TORNADO REPORTED AT CR Y AND CR 30. FIRST RESPONDERS REPORT HOMESTEAD STRUCK IN THE AREA. |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Herndon, KS | TORNADO REPORTED AT CR Y AND CR 30. |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Herndon, KS | TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AT TIME OF CALL. |
| May 26, 5:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Nw Herndon, KS | ANOTHER TORNADO REPORTED JUST WEST OF THE FIRST ONE. NEW TORNADO LOCATED ROUGHLY AT CR 32 AND CR Y OR Z. |
| May 26, 5:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 11 S Culbertson, NE | OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS A TORNADO THAT LASTED ABOUT 5 MIN WHILE LOOKING W/NW OF DANBURY. |
| May 26, 5:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 N Herndon, KS | |
| May 26, 5:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Nnw Ludell, KS | POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED AT CR DD AND CR 22. |
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 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
379
WUUS53 KGLD 262151
SVRGLD
KSC153-NEC087-145-262245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0087.210526T2151Z-210526T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
451 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas...
Western Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
Eastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 451 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ludell, or 4
miles northeast of Atwood, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
Herndon around 505 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Culbertson and McCook.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4035 10033 4000 10069 4000 10074 3996 10074
3980 10088 3982 10107 3991 10119 4035 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 215DEG 37KT 3987 10100
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Husted1 follow-up statement
590
WWUS53 KGLD 262214
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
514 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC153-NEC087-145-262245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210526T2245Z/
Rawlins KS-Red Willow NE-Hitchcock NE-
514 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS...WESTERN RED WILLOW AND EASTERN HITCHCOCK
COUNTIES...
At 514 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Herndon, or 13 miles south of Trenton, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Culbertson and McCook.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4035 10033 4000 10069 4000 10074 3996 10074
3992 10078 3988 10099 4003 10114 4035 10099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 212DEG 17KT 3999 10092
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HustedThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 40 min |
| May 26, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 9 min |
| May 26, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 55 min |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 52 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 19 min |
| May 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 16 min |
| May 26, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 67 min |
| May 26, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 66 min |
| May 26, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 13 min |
| May 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 63 min |
| May 26, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 56 min |
| May 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 68 min |
| May 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 19 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 33 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 35 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 47 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.