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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

May 10, 2004Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2004, 9:59 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
May 10, 2004, 9:59 PM MDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2004-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1849 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
1849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

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

415 
WFUS53 KGLD 110359
TORGLD
COC125-110430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
959 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT

* AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLARKVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF YUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLARKVILLE BY 1015 PM MDT

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED
BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND COVER UP.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 4003 10277 4001 10206 4041 10209 4042 10274

RJC

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.