Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:20 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 40 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, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:28 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Firstview, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
406 WFUS53 KGLD 022320 TORGLD COC017-030000- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.120602T2320Z-120603T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 518 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FIRSTVIEW...CHEYENNE WELLS AND ARAPAHOE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 161. 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 3862 10269 3898 10270 3898 10210 3861 10211 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 223DEG 11KT 3867 10261 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JERRYK
4 follow-up statements
056
WWUS53 KGLD 022327
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
527 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC017-030000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
527 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 525 PM MDT TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES EAST
OF KIT CARSON. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES
PER HOUR.
BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRSTVIEW AND CHEYENNE WELLS AREAS IN THE NEXT
30 MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEYENNE WELLS AND ARAPAHOE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 161.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3862 10269 3898 10270 3898 10210 3861 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 248DEG 20KT 3884 10252 3873 10257
3863 10261
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
JERRYK901 WWUS53 KGLD 022331 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 531 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC017-030000- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 531 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 527 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIRSTVIEW...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHEYENNE WELLS AND ARAPAHOE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 161. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 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 3862 10269 3898 10270 3898 10210 3861 10211 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 248DEG 20KT 3882 10250 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JERRYK
492 WWUS53 KGLD 022340 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC017-030000- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 540 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 539 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE WELLS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHEYENNE WELLS AND ARAPAHOE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 161. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3862 10258 3897 10255 3898 10210 3861 10211 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 248DEG 20KT 3885 10242 HAIL 1.00IN $$ JERRYK
890
WWUS53 KGLD 022355
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
555 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC017-030000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120603T0000Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
555 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 553 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WEAK
TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ARAPAHOE TO ARAPAHOE TO 11 MILES
NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 161.
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 3862 10241 3897 10235 3898 10210 3861 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 261DEG 40KT 3898 10215 3882 10217
3862 10220
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
JERRYKThe 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, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 31 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.