Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2007, 12:55 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2007, 12:55 PM MDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2007, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:31 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 N Cheyenne Wells, CO | |
| Apr 24, 1:35 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Cheyenne Wells, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 241857 TORGLD COC017-241945- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0039.070424T1855Z-070424T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1255 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 145 PM MDT * AT 1251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY AROUND 110 PM MDT THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 160. 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. LAT...LON 3889 10276 3882 10239 3893 10226 3903 10265 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 241912 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 111 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 COC017-241945- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070424T1945Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 111 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 107 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION...IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARAPAHOE TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO AT ANY TIME. MOVEMENT WOULD BE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 25 MPH. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3889 10276 3882 10239 3893 10226 3903 10265 $$
000 WWUS53 KGLD 241933 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 132 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 COC017-241945- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070424T1945Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 132 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 128 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR ARAPAHOE AND THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY NORTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3889 10276 3882 10239 3893 10226 3903 10265 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 8:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 9:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 9:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 9:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 10:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 11:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 9:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 11:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 12:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 1:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 1:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 2:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 4:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 4:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
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.