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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 6, 2021Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 9:32 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2021, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 55

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

904 
WWUS83 KGLD 070232
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
832 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
NEZ079-080-070300-
Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
832 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Hitchcock
and southeastern Dundy Counties through 900 PM MDT/1000 PM CDT/...

At 832 PM MDT/932 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Stratton, or 9 miles east of
Benkelman, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Stratton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4029 10117 4000 10111 4000 10147 4017 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 268DEG 19KT 4010 10137 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Lundquist

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
Aug 6, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	9 min
Aug 6, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	13 min
Aug 6, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	23 min
Aug 6, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sherman	34 min
Aug 6, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	26 min
Aug 6, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	20 min
Aug 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Thomas	14 min
Aug 7, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	30 min
Aug 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	31 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	38 min
Aug 7, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	63 min
Aug 7, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Wichita	46 min
Aug 7, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	22 min
Aug 7, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	48 min
Aug 7, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	43 min
Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	58 min
Aug 7, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	38 min
Aug 7, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	56 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	56 min
Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	75 min
Aug 6, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	21 min
Aug 6, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	22 min
Aug 6, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson	32 min
Aug 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	32 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	16 min
Aug 6, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	9 min
Aug 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.