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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

May 12, 2004Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 12, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
30 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
May 12, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.

990 
WFUS53 KGLD 130145
TORGLD
COC017-130215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 743 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CHEYENNE WELLS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...MOVING EAST 
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS BY 805 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 1100 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3881 10275 3863 10275 3860 10211 3882 10210

RJC

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 6:16 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne59 min
May 12, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
May 12, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne59 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.