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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Goodland, KS

July 3, 2007Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2007, 3:50 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2007, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
55 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 3:51 PM MDTTORNADO12 N Bethune, CO
Jul 3, 4:10 PM MDTTORNADO5 Nw Burlington, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 032149
TORGLD
COC063-032245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0077.070703T2150Z-070703T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
350 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 347 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
  BETHUNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 400 PM MDT
  RURAL CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 410 PM MDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 442 AND 447.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 211.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3956 10211 3957 10279 3930 10252 3929 10211

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 032203
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
401 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COC063-032245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-070703T2245Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
401 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...

AT 357 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MULTIPLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY. THE 
MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR A TORNADO IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BETHUNE 
IN NORTHEAST KIT CARSON COUNTY...AND ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT 
IN NORTHWEST KIT CARSONN COUNTY. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED LITTLE IF 
ANY MOTION OF THE TORNADOES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 440 AND 447.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 211.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

LAT...LON 3956 10211 3957 10279 3930 10252 3929 10211

$$
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 032213
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
413 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COC063-032245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-070703T2245Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
413 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...

AT 408 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTH OF BETHUNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 440 AND 447.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 211.

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 3956 10211 3957 10279 3930 10252 3929 10211

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson64 min
Jul 3, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson66 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson64 min
Jul 3, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne67 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson61 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.