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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2006, 7:34 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 20, 2006, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2006, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 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), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:40 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Yuma, CO | ACCOMPANIED BY PEA-SIZED HAIL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 210135 TORGLD COC125-210230- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.060621T0134Z-060621T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 734 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 730 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR YUMA OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEARTSTRONG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... YUMA AROUND 737 PM MDT... HEARTSTRONG AROUND 825 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4028 10279 4007 10279 3976 10252 3994 10226 $$ MCGUIRE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 210146 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 745 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006 COC063-210155- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-060621T0145Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 745 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM MDT... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE LEFT THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...AND 50 MPH WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3956 10273 3918 10269 3905 10206 3957 10205 $$ JRM
000 WWUS53 KGLD 210207 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 805 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006 COC125-210230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060621T0230Z/ YUMA CO- 805 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY... AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ECKLEY...OR ABOUT 41 MILES EAST OF AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WRAY BY 820 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WALNUT 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM MDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4023 10265 4008 10267 3994 10232 4014 10214 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 89 min |
| Jun 20, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.