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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 9, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 N Benkelman, NE | SPOTTER REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
998
WWUS83 KGLD 092239
SPSGLD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
439 PM MDT Mon Aug 9 2021
NEZ079-092315-
Dundy NE-
439 PM MDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Dundy
County through 515 PM MDT...
At 439 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Benkelman, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch 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...
Benkelman around 445 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 10133 4000 10157 4000 10158 4006 10168
4021 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 228DEG 17KT 4006 10159
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:47 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.