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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 7:11 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hoxie, KS	PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 26, 7:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Hoxie, KS	DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND A STORM RAIN TOTAL OF 0.16 INCH.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

022 
WUUS53 KGLD 262355
SVRGLD
KSC179-270030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0091.210526T2355Z-210527T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hoxie, moving
  northeast at 30 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Sheridan County, including the following locations...
  Tasco.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3926 10029 3929 10059 3955 10042 3954 10016
      3947 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 205DEG 27KT 3932 10044 

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

Lockhart

1 follow-up statement

649 
WWUS53 KGLD 270022
SVSGLD

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

KSC179-270032-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210527T0030Z/
Sheridan KS-
722 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3926 10029 3929 10059 3955 10042 3954 10016
      3947 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 218DEG 30KT 3950 10027 

$$

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, 5:33 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, 6:57 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.