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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2011, 7:44 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2011, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 8:14 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WFUS53 KGLD 180144 TORGLD COC125-180230- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0008.110518T0144Z-110518T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 744 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT * AT 739 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LONE STAR TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COPE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YUMA...ABARR...JOES AND HEARTSTRONG. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 195. 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 4035 10248 3964 10252 3960 10281 4030 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 251DEG 27KT 4030 10279 3960 10289 HAIL <.75IN $$ DR
3 follow-up statements
454 WWUS53 KGLD 180155 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 755 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 COC125-180230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110518T0230Z/ YUMA CO- 755 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 753 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA TO COPE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ABARR...YUMA...JOES AND HEARTSTRONG. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 195. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4012 10249 3964 10252 3960 10281 4017 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 257DEG 24KT 4008 10283 3960 10281 HAIL <.75IN $$ ROBINSON
047 WWUS53 KGLD 180207 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 807 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 COC125-180230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110518T0230Z/ YUMA CO- 807 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT... AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF ABARR TO COPE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ABARR...JOES AND HEARTSTRONG. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 195. 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 4002 10250 3964 10252 3960 10281 3999 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 267DEG 13KT 3996 10273 3961 10284 HAIL <.75IN $$ ROBINSON
978 WWUS53 KGLD 180214 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 814 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 COC125-180224- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110518T0230Z/ YUMA CO- 814 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4002 10250 3964 10252 3960 10281 3999 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 267DEG 13KT 3996 10270 3961 10281 $$ ROBINSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| May 17, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| May 17, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 63 min |
| May 17, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 57 min |
| May 17, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 45 min |
| May 17, 10:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.