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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

May 12, 2004Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2004, 6:16 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
May 12, 2004, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cheyenne County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 6:38 PM MDTTORNADO3 Se Cheyenne Wells, CO
May 12, 6:50 PM MDTHAIL 110 S Arapahoe, CO

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

803 
WFUS53 KGLD 130016
TORGLD
COC017-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
616 PM MDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHEYENNE WELLS BY 635 PM MDT
  ARAPAHOE BY 655 PM MDT

IF YOU ARE AT HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF POSSIBLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3868 10262 3860 10246 3874 10206 3905 10206

MCGUIRE

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
May 12, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne59 min
May 12, 7:45 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.