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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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, 3:51 PM MDT | TORNADO | 12 N Bethune, CO | |
| Jul 3, 4:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 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.
| 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, 9.8 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 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 |
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.