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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 8:55 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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, 8:55 PM MDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976
WWUS83 KGLD 070255
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
855 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
KSZ013-070315-
Sherman KS-
855 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Sherman
County through 915 PM MDT...
At 855 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northeast of Ruleton, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Goodland around 905 PM MDT.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 8 and 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3934 10194 3950 10185 3944 10157 3925 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 294DEG 27KT 3939 10181
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
LundquistThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 9 min |
| Aug 6, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 8:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 4:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 75 min |
| Aug 6, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 9 min |
| Aug 6, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 28 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.