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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 10, 2010Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Wallace County, Kansas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 11:36 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2010-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:05 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne28 min
May 10, 5:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson23 min
May 10, 12:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita52 min
May 10, 12:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita42 min
May 10, 12:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan67 min
May 10, 1:01 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan59 min
May 10, 1:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan35 min
May 10, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas42 min
May 10, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace67 min
May 10, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita60 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.