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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 2:44 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:50 PM MDT | HAIL 2.5 | Tribune, KS | TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL ONGOING IN TOWN AS REPORTED BY COUNTY EM. |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | Tribune, KS | REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 7, 2:53 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | Tribune, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Horace, KS | SHERIFF OFFICE PASSED ALONG VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF A REPORT OF PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL. |
| Aug 7, 3:00 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | Tribune, KS | DELAYED SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. REPORTED A COUPLE OF BROKEN WINDSHIELDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
088
WWUS83 KGLD 072044
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
244 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ041-042-072115-
Wichita KS-Greeley KS-
244 PM MDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Wichita
and northeastern Greeley Counties through 315 PM MDT/415 PM CDT/...
At 244 PM MDT/344 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm over Horace, or near Tribune, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Tribune around 255 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 10190 3859 10188 3862 10152 3839 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 275DEG 17KT 3850 10180
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
DDTThe 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, 8:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 20 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, 2:52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.