Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2008, 4:39 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 4, 2008, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2008, 5:29 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 19 Nne Burlington, CO | 6 POWER POLES DOWN, PORCH SUPPORTS TORN AWAY FROM HOUSE, SAUFET TORN OFF HOUSE AND WRAPPED AROUND SATELLITE DISH. ESTIMATED WINDS 75 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 15 MINUTE TIME PERIOD. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 042239 SVRGLD COC063-125-042345- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0252.080804T2239Z-080804T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 439 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF BONNY RESERVOIR...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANORADO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BONNY RESERVOIR AND HALE AROUND 545 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 215. LAT...LON 3961 10250 3975 10205 3938 10206 3937 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 154DEG 8KT 3946 10212 $$ THEDE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 042255 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 455 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008 COC063-125-042345- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080804T2345Z/ KIT CARSON CO-YUMA CO- 455 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES... AT 451 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY AROUND 510 PM MDT... RURAL NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 510 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 215. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3961 10250 3975 10205 3938 10206 3937 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 129DEG 18KT 3953 10225 $$ THEDE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 042329 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 530 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008 COC063-125-042340- /O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080804T2345Z/ KIT CARSON CO-YUMA CO- 530 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA AND NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 215. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. LAT...LON 3961 10250 3975 10205 3938 10206 3937 10236 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 312DEG 17KT 3954 10227 $$ THEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 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.