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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 Nne Wallace, KS | TRAINED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
DDT1 follow-up statement
085
WWUS53 KGLD 242035
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
235 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC109-199-242044-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210524T2100Z/
Wallace KS-Logan KS-
235 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN
LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT/900 PM CDT/ for
west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3907 10152 3910 10155 3912 10147 3908 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 251DEG 2KT 3910 10148
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 50 min |
| May 23, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 55 min |
| May 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 32 min |
| May 23, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 63 min |
| May 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 60 min |
| May 23, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 63 min |
| May 23, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman | 65 min |
| May 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 59 min |
| May 23, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 4 hr |
| May 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 14 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| May 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wichita | 40 min |
| May 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 67 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 23 min |
| May 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 12 min |
| May 24, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 15 min |
| May 24, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 20 min |
| May 24, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 20 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 52 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 70 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 70 min |
| May 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 22 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 64 min |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 52 min |
| May 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 22 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 33 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.