Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS

June 2, 2005Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2005, 7:02 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2005, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
28 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 12:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
705 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 030101
TORGLD
COC125-030130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0022.050603T0102Z-050603T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
702 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 658 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  IDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  IDALIA BY 715 PM MDT...
  BONNY RESERVOIR AND HALE BY 730 PM MDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SEEK BELOW GROUND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3976 10252 3961 10253 3957 10206 3985 10204

$$

MWM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 030112
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
712 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

COC125-030130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050603T0130Z/
YUMA CO-
712 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR YUMA COUNTY...

AT 711 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IDALIA...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BONNY RESERVOIR AND HALE AROUND 730 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. 

LAT...LON 3976 10252 3957 10253 3957 10205 3985 10205

$$

MWM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:02 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma58 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson60 min
Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson50 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma50 min
Jun 2, 7:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson19 min
Jun 2, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson62 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson49 min
Jun 2, 9:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne56 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.