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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

July 4, 2005Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2005, 5:57 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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: Jul 4, 2005, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 48 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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
Jul 4, 6:30 PM MDT	HAIL 1	4 Nw Yuma, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 042357
TORGLD
COC125-050045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0039.050704T2357Z-050705T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
557 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 552 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  YUMA BY 620 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.

LAT...LON 4027 10279 4015 10280 3983 10280 3984 10250
      4028 10264

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 050020
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
619 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

COC125-050045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050705T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
619 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR YUMA COUNTY...

AT 615 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  YUMA AROUND 635 PM MDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4027 10279 4015 10280 3999 10280 3999 10257
      4028 10264

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	26 min
Jul 4, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	53 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	58 min

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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.