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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| Jun 2, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 9:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.