Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 2:21 AM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 10, 2021, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 Wsw Norton, KS | KS MESONET SITE NRRK1 NEAR NORTON MEASURED A 10-METER WIND GUST OF 61 MPH AT 1:30 AM MDT (0730 UTC) SATURDAY JULY 10. |
| Jul 10, 2:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 N Norton, KS | CORRECTED WIND GUST MAGNITUDE FROM PREVIOUS REPORT. THE AWOS IN NORTON (KNRN) MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 53 KNOTS (61 MPH) AT 1:35 AM MDT (0735 UTC) ON SATURDAY JULY 10, 2021. |
| Jul 10, 2:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 1 N Norton, KS | |
| Jul 10, 2:41 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Norton, KS | SONIC RESTAURANT DISPLAY SIGN BLOWN OUT AND LAYING ON HWY 36 ACROSS ALL LANES. SIGN WIDTH IN ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 15 FT WIDE BY ROUGHLY 20 FT ACROSS. OTHER SMALLER PARTS SCATTERED ACROSS THE HWY AT LOCATION. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND JUST A TRAFFIC HAZARD AT T |
| Jul 10, 2:49 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Norton, KS | SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN. MAINLY 8 TO 10 FT IN LENGTH AND .75 TO 1.00 IN IN DIAMETER SNAPPED FROM TREE. MIDDLE OF WEST 100 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET IN NORTON. NO INJURIES AT THIS LOCATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
338
WWUS83 KGLD 100721
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
221 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
KSZ003-004-015-016-100800-
Norton KS-Sheridan KS-Decatur KS-Graham KS-
221 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTON...NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...
EASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
At 221 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Wilsonville, or 11 miles northwest of Norton, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Norton, Oberlin, Almena, Lenora, Morland, Norcatur and Jennings.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 10020 3981 10055 4000 10023 4000 9963
3957 9963 3957 9960 3948 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 328DEG 22KT 3997 10003
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 22 min |
| Jul 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wallace | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Norton | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 14 min |
| Jul 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 14 min |
| Jul 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| Jul 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 21 min |
| Jul 9, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 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.