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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 6:46 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2021, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 26, 7:07 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 S Mccook, NE	REPORT OF PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL.

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 26, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

997 
WFUS53 KGLD 262346
TORGLD
NEC145-270030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0034.210526T2346Z-210527T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
646 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 730 PM CDT.
    
* At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles south of McCook, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Red Willow County.

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 4009 10030 4000 10059 4000 10075 4001 10076
      4013 10076 4031 10058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 233DEG 12KT 4005 10067 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Husted

1 follow-up statement

816 
WWUS53 KGLD 270017
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
717 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC145-270030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210527T0030Z/
Red Willow NE-
717 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY...
    
At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Danbury, or 9 miles southeast of
McCook, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Red Willow County.

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 4003 10048 4005 10056 4015 10061 4025 10051
      4009 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 255DEG 14KT 4009 10052 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	40 min
May 26, 11:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	9 min
May 26, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	35 min
May 26, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	55 min
May 26, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	57 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Dundy	52 min
May 26, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GLD	Dundy	29 min
May 26, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	54 min
May 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	42 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	40 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	46 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	44 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	45 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Red Willow	48 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Red Willow	48 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.