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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:33 PM CDT for Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 5:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Winona, KS
May 26, 6:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Wsw Mingo, KS	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

968 
WUUS53 KGLD 262233
SVRGLD
KSC109-193-262300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0089.210526T2233Z-210526T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
  North central Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 533 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
  Winona, or 16 miles west of Oakley, moving north at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Colby and Levant.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 43 and 65.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3895 10105 3901 10132 3943 10125 3937 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 191DEG 42KT 3907 10116 

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

Lockhart

2 follow-up statements

881 
WWUS53 KGLD 262244
SVSGLD

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

KSC109-193-262300-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210526T2300Z/
Thomas KS-Logan KS-
544 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...

At 543 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of
Monument, or 15 miles west of Oakley, moving north 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...
Colby, Levant, Monument and Mingo. 

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 44 and 65.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3904 10101 3911 10130 3941 10125 3934 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 191DEG 37KT 3916 10114 

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

Lockhart

207 
WWUS53 KGLD 262301
SVSGLD

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

KSC109-193-262311-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210526T2300Z/
Thomas KS-Logan KS-
601 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3904 10101 3911 10130 3941 10125 3934 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 197DEG 24KT 3924 10110 

$$

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, 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, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.