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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

August 27, 2021Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 800 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WWUS83 KGLD 272221
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
521 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
KSZ029-272245-
Gove KS-
521 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Gove
County through 545 PM CDT...

At 521 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Gove, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Gove
County.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 87 and 89.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10058 3898 10066 3913 10060 3904 10039
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 220DEG 11KT 3901 10061 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas28 min
Aug 26, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman23 min
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace32 min
Aug 26, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins34 min
Aug 26, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas60 min
Aug 26, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Rawlins40 min
Aug 26, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Rawlins31 min
Aug 27, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan18 min
Aug 27, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove23 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.