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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2004, 5:08 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2004, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2004, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 5:26 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 Ssw Yuma, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:27 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Se Yuma, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Yuma, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:58 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | Eckley, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:58 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Vernon, CO | |
| Sep 14, 6:10 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 W Wray, CO | |
| Sep 14, 6:16 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Nw Wray, CO | |
| Sep 14, 6:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Wray, CO | |
| Sep 14, 6:21 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Wray, CO | |
| Sep 14, 6:21 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 S Wray, CO | WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY |
| Sep 14, 6:25 PM MDT | HAIL 2 | 12 Se Wray, CO | ONE WINDOW WEST SIDE OF HOUSE BROKEN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 142308 TORGLD COC125-150015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 509 PM MDT TUE SEP 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABARR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... YUMA AROUND 520 PM MDT... ABARR AROUND 525 PM MDT... CLARKVILLE AROUND 530 PM MDT... HEARTSTRONG AROUND 535 PM MDT... ECKLEY AROUND 545 PM MDT... VERNON AROUND 600 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. IF YOU ARE AT SCHOOL OR WORK...MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT... INTERIOR HALL...STAIRWELL...OR BATHROOM. DO NOT USE ELEVATORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER IN AUDITORIUMS OR GYMNASIUMS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4043 10279 3980 10280 3957 10206 4044 10206 $$ THEDE
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.