Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 3 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, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Hill City, KS | A QUARTER TO HALF THE SHINGLES ON A ROOF PEELED OFF BY THE WIND. ESTIMATED TIME OF REPORT FROM RADAR. |
| May 26, 9:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 S Hill City, KS | BRIEF TORNADO WITH SMALL GROUND CIRCULATIONS REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION. |
| May 26, 9:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 S Hill City, KS | REPORT OF 60MPH WIND GUST FROM THE SOUTH. |
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 | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1992 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 22.5
The text
As transmitted.
952
WUUS53 KGLD 270153
SVRGLD
KSC065-270215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0097.210527T0153Z-210527T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
853 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 853 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hill City,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
Hill City around 905 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bogue.
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 3914 9973 3916 9993 3933 10000 3948 9987
3932 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 224DEG 19KT 3932 9990
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Lockhart1 follow-up statement
878
WWUS53 KGLD 270209
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
909 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC065-270218-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
Graham KS-
909 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3914 9973 3916 9993 3933 10000 3948 9987
3932 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 233DEG 19KT 3937 9983
$$
LockhartThe 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, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 51 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, 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.