Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 4:42 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
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.

799 
WUUS53 KGLD 262242
SVRGLD
KSC109-262315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0090.210526T2242Z-210526T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Russell
  Springs, or 21 miles northwest of Scott State Lake, 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Winona around 555 PM CDT.
  Monument around 600 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3886 10130 3913 10125 3913 10109 3910 10090
      3879 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 193DEG 39KT 3892 10117 

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

Lockhart
2 follow-up statements
427 
WWUS53 KGLD 262255
SVSGLD

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

KSC109-262315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Logan KS-
555 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY...

At 554 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast of
Russell Springs, or 17 miles southwest of Oakley, 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...
  Monument.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3896 10125 3911 10118 3913 10109 3910 10090
      3888 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 215DEG 23KT 3896 10110 

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

Lockhart
400 
WWUS53 KGLD 262308
SVSGLD

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

KSC109-262317-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210526T2315Z/
Logan KS-
608 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3896 10125 3911 10118 3913 10109 3910 10090
      3888 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 205DEG 27KT 3906 10107 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne19 min
May 26, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman16 min
May 26, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas, Wallace67 min
May 26, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman30 min
May 26, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman66 min
May 26, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins13 min
May 26, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas63 min
May 26, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins40 min
May 26, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas56 min
May 26, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas68 min
May 26, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur31 min
May 26, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita28 min
May 26, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins54 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita19 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan27 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDDecatur, Rawlins40 min
May 26, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas27 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas45 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins45 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur48 min
May 26, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan39 min
May 26, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan35 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur48 min
May 26, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.