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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT for Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

223 
WUUS53 KGLD 262156
SVRGLD
KSC109-203-262245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0088.210526T2156Z-210526T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
456 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Wichita County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
  Leoti, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Public.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Russell Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Kansas.

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3856 10121 3857 10143 3904 10145 3902 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 182DEG 29KT 3869 10133 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lockhart

1 follow-up statement

575 
WWUS53 KGLD 262215
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
515 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC109-203-262225-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210526T2245Z/
Wichita KS-Logan KS-
515 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WICHITA AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3856 10121 3857 10143 3904 10145 3902 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 182DEG 29KT 3885 10132 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	40 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, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	54 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	27 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	40 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, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	45 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	48 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, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.