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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2007, 3:26 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 3, 2007, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 3, 3:26 PM MDT | TORNADO | 13 N Seibert, CO | |
| Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 N Seibert, CO | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TWO TORNADOES AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME STORM AT ABOUT 2130Z |
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 3, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 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 032126 TORGLD COC063-032230- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0076.070703T2126Z-070703T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 326 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 320 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 340 PM MDT RURAL CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 400 PM MDT IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3957 10277 3952 10300 3930 10292 3931 10249 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 032134 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 334 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 COC063-032230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-070703T2230Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 334 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 331 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED MULTIPLE TORNADOES CROSSING HIGHWAY 59 ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 350 PM MDT... RURAL CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 420 PM MDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3957 10277 3952 10300 3930 10292 3931 10249 $$
000 WWUS53 KGLD 032151 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 352 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 COC063-032230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-070703T2230Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 352 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 347 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 410 PM MDT... DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 3957 10277 3952 10300 3930 10292 3931 10249 $$
000 WWUS53 KGLD 032211 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 411 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 COC063-032230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-070703T2230Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 411 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 408 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3957 10277 3952 10300 3930 10292 3931 10249 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 61 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.