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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 2012Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2012, 8:17 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 7 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
Jun 22, 2012, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 8:24 PM MDT
In force
7 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

362 
WFUS53 KGLD 230217
TORGLD
COC125-230245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0012.120623T0217Z-120623T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
817 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 813 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WAUNETA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

  IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.   

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAUNETA AND ALVIN.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 269.

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 4044 10204 4036 10204 4011 10209 4025 10259
      4044 10251 4045 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 285DEG 15KT 4033 10238
HAIL 1.75IN
$$

FOLTZ
1 follow-up statement
770 
WWUS53 KGLD 230224
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
824 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

COC125-230234-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120623T0245Z/
YUMA CO-
824 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE WARNING VALID UNTIL 900 PM 
MDT. 

LAT...LON 4044 10204 4036 10204 4011 10209 4025 10259
      4044 10251 4045 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 285DEG 15KT 4032 10234
$$

FOLTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips27 min
Jun 22, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma50 min
Jun 22, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma52 min
Jun 22, 8:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma16 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 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.