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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 1:08 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- May 10, 2010, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:36 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546 WFUS53 KGLD 101908 TORGLD COC017-063-KSC199-102000- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.100510T1908Z-100510T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 108 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 200 PM MDT * AT 104 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40 FROM KIT CARSON TO CHEYENNE WELLS TO SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ARAPAHOE...WESKAN...SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...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 3911 10316 3912 10147 3870 10148 3869 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 238DEG 21KT 3891 10251 $$ /KILLINGSWORTH
2 follow-up statements
101 WWUS53 KGLD 101929 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 129 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2010 COC017-063-KSC199-102000- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100510T2000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO-WALLACE KS- 129 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALLACE...SOUTHERN KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MDT... AT 127 PM MDT...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR BRIEF TORNADOES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40 IN EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS...FROM KIT CARSON TO CHEYENNE WELLS TO SHARON SPRINGS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARAPAHOE...WESKAN...SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3911 10316 3912 10147 3870 10148 3869 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 238DEG 21KT 3898 10236 $$ /KILLINGSWORTH
811 WWUS53 KGLD 101959 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 159 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2010 COC017-063-KSC199-102009- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100510T2000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO-WALLACE KS- 159 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALLACE...SOUTHERN KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3911 10316 3912 10147 3870 10148 3869 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 238DEG 21KT 3907 10217 $$ /KILLINGSWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 10, 12:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 52 min |
| May 10, 12:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 42 min |
| May 10, 12:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 67 min |
| May 10, 1:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 59 min |
| May 10, 1:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 35 min |
| May 10, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 42 min |
| May 10, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 67 min |
| May 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 2010Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every tornado warning in 2010Tornadoes in 2010
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.