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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:46 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 2, 2012, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 11 S Burlington, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WFUS53 KGLD 022346 TORGLD COC017-063-030030- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0010.120602T2346Z-120603T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 546 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 543 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 179. 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 3922 10205 3894 10205 3887 10236 3919 10233 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 248DEG 20KT 3899 10229 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JERRYK
2 follow-up statements
511 WWUS53 KGLD 022354 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC017-063-030030- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120603T0030Z/ CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO- 554 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT... AT 548 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN SOUTHEAST KIT CARSON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 179. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3922 10205 3894 10205 3887 10236 3919 10233 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 248DEG 20KT 3909 10221 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JERRYK
101 WWUS53 KGLD 030017 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 617 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC017-063-030027- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120603T0030Z/ CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO- 617 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3922 10205 3894 10205 3887 10236 3919 10233 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 248DEG 20KT 3914 10205 $$ 024
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
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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.