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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

May 13, 2021Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at May 13, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 13, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

County Sherman County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 7:29 PM MDTHAIL 1.251 Ne Edson, KSDELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. DIME TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL OBSERVED ON ROAD AFTER STORM PASSED. ROAD WAS COVERED IN HAIL FROM ROUGHLY SHERMAN COUNTY ROAD 30 TO 34.
May 13, 7:50 PM MDTHAIL 0.2513 S Edson, KSMODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

607 
WWUS83 KGLD 140121
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
721 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

KSZ013-140215-
Sherman KS-
721 PM MDT Thu May 13 2021

...Brief Landspout Tornado Sighted...

At 710 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a landspout tornado 
northwest of Goodland. Conditions continue to favor the potential 
for landspouts as storms develop; however at this time it is unknown 
which if any storm would produce a landspout. Any landspouts which 
develop are expected to pose a limited threat.

Locations impacted include...
Goodland and Edson. 

Landspout tornadoes can form with a developing thunderstorm before
rain, hail, and even thunder is observed. Landspout tornadoes are not
usually associated with a wall cloud and are often difficult to
detect with weather radar.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 10175 3942 10153 3915 10139 3914 10139
      3913 10157 3913 10168

$$

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
May 13, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman51 min
May 13, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas46 min
May 13, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
May 13, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan13 min
May 13, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan41 min
May 13, 9:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita8 min
May 13, 11:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton66 min
May 14, 12:19 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton56 min
May 14, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan19 min
May 14, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan32 min
May 14, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson31 min
May 14, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne13 min
May 14, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson48 min
May 14, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson17 min
May 13, 7:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow36 min
May 13, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow35 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.