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Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

October 12, 2021Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
Oct 12, 2021, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
55

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

230 
WWUS83 KGLD 122331
SPSGLD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
531 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
 
KSZ027-041-130000-
Wallace KS-Greeley KS-
531 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Wallace
and northeastern Greeley Counties through 600 PM MDT...

At 531 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles north of Tribune, moving north at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Wallace and northeastern Greeley Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for west central
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3848 10186 3888 10181 3884 10149 3870 10154
      3870 10157 3862 10157 3844 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 192DEG 49KT 3854 10173 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 3:15 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDSherman, Wallace15 hr
Oct 12, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman31 min
Oct 12, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace24 min
Oct 12, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma26 min
Oct 12, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma25 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.