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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS

July 24, 2001Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2001, 7:02 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2001, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2001, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2001-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 250102
TORGLD

COC063-250130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
702 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 702 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER FLAGLER...MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED
BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW!

$$

LAT...LON 3923 10317 3921 10294 3955 10288 3957 10317

COLEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.