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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2012, 2:18 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 27, 2012, 2:18 AM MDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 2:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WFUS53 KGLD 270818 TORGLD COC017-063-270845- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0006.120427T0818Z-120427T0845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 218 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 245 AM MDT * AT 215 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTH OF KIT CARSON...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3927 10295 3927 10262 3896 10271 3896 10287 TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 173DEG 42KT 3904 10279 HAIL 1.25IN $$ FOLTZ
3 follow-up statements
094 WWUS53 KGLD 270825 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 225 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC017-270835- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 225 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF CHEYENNE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3927 10295 3927 10262 3904 10269 3904 10289 TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 173DEG 42KT 3911 10280 $$ COC063-270845- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 225 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM MDT... AT 220 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF SEIBERT...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY. 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3927 10295 3927 10262 3904 10269 3904 10289 TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 173DEG 42KT 3911 10280 HAIL 1.25IN $$ FOLTZ
385 WWUS53 KGLD 270832 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 232 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC063-270845- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 232 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM MDT... AT 229 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF VONA...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3927 10295 3927 10262 3911 10268 3911 10287 TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 179DEG 42KT 3920 10278 HAIL 1.00IN $$ FOLTZ
047 WWUS53 KGLD 270838 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 238 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 COC063-270848- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120427T0845Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 238 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM MDT/345 AM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT. LAT...LON 3927 10295 3927 10262 3911 10268 3911 10287 TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 179DEG 42KT 3926 10278 $$ FOLTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:59 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 8:28 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.