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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS

June 17, 2004Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2004, 6:06 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 54 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 17, 2004, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cheyenne County, CO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2004-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.

749 
WFUS53 KGLD 180006
TORGLD
COC017-180100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
605 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES         
  NORTHWEST OF AROYA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO     
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AROYA AROUND 615 PM MDT...
  WILD HORSE AROUND 640 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...NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3901 10313 3863 10313 3867 10206 3904 10209

$$

RJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne60 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.