Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2001, 3:27 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2001, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2001, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 31, 4:05 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Firstview, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 312128 TORGLD COC017-312215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 327 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 415 PM MDT * AT 327 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIT CARSON...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... KIT CARSON AROUND 335 PM MDT FIRSTVIEW AROUND 345 PM MDT CHEYENNE WELLS AROUND 355 PM MDT ARAPAHOE AROUND 400 PM MDT OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...WILD HORSE AND AROYA. AT 315 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILD HORSE. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...DO NOT WATCH FOR THE TORNADO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ LAT...LON 3904 10206 3902 10315 3862 10316 3862 10206 VPAPOL &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 31, 2:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 45 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.