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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 10 Sw Goodland, KS | NWS 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 7:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 17 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2009Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes in 2009
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.