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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:24 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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, 8:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	4 W Norton, KS
May 26, 8:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Norton, KS	DELAYED REPORT VIA FACEBOOK.
May 26, 8:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Norton, KS
May 26, 8:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	3 W Norton, KS	MAINLY NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL, A FEW PING PONG BALL HAIL STONES MIXED.
May 26, 8:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Ssw Norton, KS	HAIL RANGED FROM 1.5-1.75 INCHES.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 9.7

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The text

As transmitted.

344 
WUUS53 KGLD 270124
SVRGLD
KSC137-270215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0095.210527T0124Z-210527T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Norton County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 824 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest
  of Norton, 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Norton around 835 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Almena.

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 3957 9987 3957 10018 3974 10018 4000 9984
      4000 9964 3999 9962 3970 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 225DEG 24KT 3977 9993 

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

Lockhart

2 follow-up statements

722 
WWUS53 KGLD 270146
SVSGLD

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

KSC137-270215-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
Norton KS-
846 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN NORTON COUNTY...

At 845 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of
Edmond, or 9 miles south of Norton, 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Norton and Almena.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3957 9987 3965 10004 3988 10000 4000 9984
      4000 9964 3999 9962 3970 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 231DEG 26KT 3970 9988 

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

Lockhart

781 
WWUS53 KGLD 270208
SVSGLD

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

KSC137-270217-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
Norton KS-
908 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN NORTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3957 9987 3965 10004 3988 10000 4000 9984
      4000 9964 3999 9962 3970 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 252DEG 29KT 3975 9972 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	34 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	18 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	45 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	31 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	57 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	13 min
May 26, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	24 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	22 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	58 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	29 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	15 min
May 26, 10:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	3 hr
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	53 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	62 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	50 min
May 27, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton	43 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.