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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2011Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 3:06 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 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
May 24, 2011, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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
May 24, 3:30 PM MDTHAIL 19 Ese Clarkville, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

097 
WUUS53 KGLD 242106
SVRGLD
COC125-242145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0049.110524T2106Z-110524T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
306 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 301 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WAUNETA...AND WAS MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ECKLEY...CLARKVILLE AND YUMA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 269.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.


&&

LAT...LON 4045 10243 4043 10216 4004 10220 4005 10278
      4023 10280 4035 10280 4036 10279 4044 10279
      4044 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 105DEG 20KT 4025 10241
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$

JRM
2 follow-up statements
693 
WWUS53 KGLD 242123
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
323 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

COC125-242145-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110524T2145Z/
YUMA CO-
323 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

AT 319 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARKVILLE...AND WAS MOVING
WEST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARKVILLE AND YUMA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 260 AND 269.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 10243 4043 10216 4016 10237 4005 10278
      4023 10280 4035 10280 4036 10279 4044 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 105DEG 20KT 4028 10254
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$

JRM
990 
WWUS53 KGLD 242151
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
351 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

COC125-242201-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110524T2145Z/
YUMA CO-
351 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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 AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4045 10243 4043 10216 4016 10237 4005 10278
      4023 10280 4035 10280 4036 10279 4044 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 105DEG 20KT 4028 10253
$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma67 min
May 23, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma58 min
May 23, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma62 min
May 23, 8:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma4 hr
May 24, 12:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson37 min
May 24, 1:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson31 min
May 24, 11:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDKit Carson, Yuma22 hr
May 24, 11:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 24, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne45 min
May 24, 12:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 24, 12:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
May 24, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson23 min
May 24, 1:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne21 min
May 24, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne16 min
May 24, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson32 min
May 24, 1:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 24, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma41 min
May 24, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson24 min
May 24, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson33 min
May 24, 2:22 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson23 min
May 24, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson65 min
May 24, 2:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 24, 2:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson28 min
May 24, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson57 min
May 24, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma41 min
May 24, 4:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.