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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2003Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2003, 11:16 AM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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 4, 2003, 11:16 AM MDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 12:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

192 
WFUS53 KGLD 041716
TORGLD
COC063-KSC181-041815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1112 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 PM MDT

* AT 1112 AM MDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED ONE BRIEF TORNADO 18 MILES     
  NORTH OF FLAGLER COLORADO. ANOTHER BRIEF TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5    
  MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND AND NEAR THE GOLF COURSE WEST OF GOODLAND. 
  TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL        
  CLOUDS.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VONA AROUND 1135 AM MDT
  STRATTON AROUND 1155 AM MDT
  BETHUNE AROUND 1215 PM MDT
  RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF GOODLAND THROUGH 1215 PM MDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BURLINGTON...EDSON...
GOODLAND...KANORADO AND RULETON.

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 3948 10302 3911 10303 3919 10140 3955 10141

BULLER

&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:35 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan40 min
Jun 4, 12:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2003Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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.