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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 23 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.