Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2021, 6:58 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 24, 2021, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 7:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
576
WFUS53 KGLD 242358
TORGLD
KSC039-137-250045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0023.210524T2358Z-210525T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
658 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Norton County in northwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Decatur County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 658 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dresden, or 15 miles north of Hoxie, moving east
at 20 mph.
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
southwestern Norton and southeastern Decatur 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 3957 10043 3961 10045 3972 10010 3960 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 249DEG 15KT 3958 10041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
DDT3 follow-up statements
960
WWUS53 KGLD 250008 RRA
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
708 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC039-137-250045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210525T0045Z/
Norton KS-Decatur KS-
708 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES...
At 708 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dresden, or 17 miles north of Hoxie, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Dresden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10043 3961 10045 3972 10010 3960 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 246DEG 15KT 3960 10037
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DDT517
WWUS53 KGLD 250017
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
717 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC039-137-250045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210525T0045Z/
Norton KS-Decatur KS-
717 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES...
At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Jennings, or 18 miles southeast of
Oberlin, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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.
Locations impacted include...
Dresden.
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 3958 10036 3962 10042 3972 10010 3960 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 247DEG 17KT 3962 10031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DDT881
WWUS53 KGLD 250031
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
731 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC039-137-250041-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210525T0045Z/
Norton KS-Decatur KS-
731 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
DECATUR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3958 10036 3962 10042 3972 10010 3960 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 249DEG 15KT 3964 10026
$$
DDTThe 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, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 27 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 |
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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.