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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

April 23, 2008Kit Carson County, Colorado

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 4:40 PM MDTHAIL 113 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 1:25 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma17 min
Apr 23, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma65 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma56 min
Apr 23, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma22 min
Apr 23, 5:50 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson3 hr
Apr 23, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne46 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.