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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 4:16 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:40 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 13 N Stratton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 232216 TORGLD COC063-232315- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0004.080423T2216Z-080423T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 416 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 411 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STRATTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 430 PM MDT 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3957 10264 3956 10213 3924 10258 3930 10273 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 203DEG 21KT 3936 10257 $$ JRM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 232236 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 435 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 COC063-232315- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 435 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF STRATTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 450 PM MDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST NEAR THE STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3957 10264 3955 10223 3939 10244 3939 10265 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 203DEG 21KT 3946 10251 $$ JRM
000 WWUS53 KGLD 232316 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 516 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 COC063-232326- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080423T2315Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 516 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY AND YUMA COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3957 10264 3955 10223 3939 10244 3939 10265 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 203DEG 21KT 3947 10251 $$ JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 4:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 5:50 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 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.