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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2010, 6:16 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2010, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2010, 6:26 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 12:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WFUS53 KGLD 230016 TORGLD COC017-063-230045- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.100423T0016Z-100423T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 616 PM MDT THU APR 22 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 645 PM MDT * AT 613 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF BETHUNE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OFSOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3922 10239 3909 10220 3898 10243 3908 10256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 227DEG 14KT 3907 10243 $$ FOLTZ
1 follow-up statement
155 WWUS53 KGLD 230026 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 626 PM MDT THU APR 22 2010 COC017-063-230036- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100423T0045Z/ CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO- 626 PM MDT THU APR 22 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON AND NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3922 10239 3909 10220 3898 10243 3908 10256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 227DEG 14KT 3910 10239 $$ FOLTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 2:38 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 28 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.