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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 6, 2021Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 10:31 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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.

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

289 
WWUS83 KGLD 070331
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
931 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
KSZ013-014-070345-
Thomas KS-Sherman KS-
931 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Thomas
and east central Sherman Counties through 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/...

At 931 PM MDT/1031 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 6 miles south of Brewster, moving southeast at 35 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Thomas
and east central Sherman Counties.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 32 and 36.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3925 10152 3936 10143 3929 10116 3913 10127
      3913 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 295DEG 30KT 3928 10141 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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 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
Aug 6, 9:32 PM CDT	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.