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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

June 3, 2002Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2002, 5:03 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 12 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
Jun 3, 2002, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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
Jun 3, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

299 
WFUS53 KGLD 032303
TORGLD
COC063-032315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
502 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 502 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  STRATTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...    
  RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 10269 3906 10278 3905 10248 3947 10236

BULLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson61 min
Jun 3, 4:36 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson39 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.