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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2007, 4:41 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2007, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 5:45 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 032242 TORGLD COC063-032345- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0079.070703T2241Z-070703T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 441 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR BETHUNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 500 PM MDT RURAL SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 520 PM MDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 391 AND 436. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND COVER UP. LAT...LON 3929 10229 3928 10315 3903 10316 3904 10228 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KGLD 032319 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 519 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 COC063-032345- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070703T2345Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 519 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLAGLER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 530 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 391 AND 436. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 176. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3929 10229 3928 10315 3903 10316 3904 10228 $$
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, 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, 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.