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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2021Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2021, 3:08 PM CDT for Logan County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
May 24, 2021, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 3:35 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 3:12 PM CDTTORNADO14 Nne Wallace, KSTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND AT TIME OF REPORT. 8 MILES NW OF MCALLASTER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

823 
WFUS53 KGLD 242008
TORGLD
KSC109-199-242100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.210524T2008Z-210524T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
208 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Wallace County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 300 PM MDT/400 PM CDT/.
    
* At 207 PM MDT/307 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
  producing a tornado was located 12 miles north of Wallace, or 18
  miles northeast of Sharon Springs, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Wallace and northwestern Logan Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3907 10152 3910 10155 3912 10147 3908 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 2KT 3909 10150 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DDT
1 follow-up statement
085 
WWUS53 KGLD 242035
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
235 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC109-199-242044-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210524T2100Z/
Wallace KS-Logan KS-
235 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN
LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT/900 PM CDT/ for
west central Kansas.



LAT...LON 3907 10152 3910 10155 3912 10147 3908 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 251DEG 2KT 3910 10148 

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman50 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace55 min
May 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins32 min
May 23, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wallace63 min
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas60 min
May 23, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace63 min
May 23, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins, Sherman65 min
May 23, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Thomas59 min
May 23, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins33 min
May 24, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace32 min
May 24, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace30 min
May 24, 6:07 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Sherman4 hr
May 24, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
May 24, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita16 min
May 24, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita40 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita67 min
May 24, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wallace23 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Thomas50 min
May 24, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita3 hr
May 24, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWallace12 min
May 24, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita15 min
May 24, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan58 min
May 24, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas32 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas20 min
May 24, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita20 min
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita40 min
May 24, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas39 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita25 min
May 24, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan52 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove70 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove70 min
May 24, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas22 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas64 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan44 min
May 24, 6:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDDecatur, Sheridan42 min
May 24, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan52 min
May 24, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove22 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Norton33 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.