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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2009Kit Carson County, Colorado; Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2009, 6:10 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado; Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 15, 2009, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Jun 15, 6:40 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 6010 Sw Goodland, KSNWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED 60MPH WIND GUSTS, ALSO REPORTED NICKEL-SIZED HAIL.

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
Jun 15, 2:34 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 160010
TORGLD
COC063-KSC181-160045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.090616T0010Z-090616T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULETON...KANORADO...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 610 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KANORADO...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KANORADO AROUND 615 PM MDT...
  RULETON AROUND 635 PM MDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 443 AND
450.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 179.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST 
NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 10170 3923 10172 3928 10220 3946 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 274DEG 20KT 3936 10207

$$

BULLER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 160028
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
628 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

COC063-KSC181-160045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090616T0045Z/
KIT CARSON CO-SHERMAN KS-
628 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
SHERMAN AND EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTIES...

AT 628 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RULETON...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODLAND AROUND 640 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION
HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND GET TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 10170 3923 10172 3928 10220 3946 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 277DEG 28KT 3934 10186

$$

BULLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma52 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins57 min
Jun 15, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman45 min
Jun 15, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins25 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas17 min
Jun 15, 7:22 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas53 min
Jun 15, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas39 min
Jun 15, 8:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Sheridan24 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas35 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.