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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 3654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926
WFUS53 KGLD 180006
TORGLD
COC017-KSC071-180030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.130618T0006Z-130618T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
606 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 604 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTIES.
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 3846 10205 3861 10205 3861 10220 3870 10228
3881 10212 3877 10204 3870 10204 3870 10193
3858 10175 3839 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 312DEG 19KT 3866 10210
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUSTED1 follow-up statement
989
WWUS53 KGLD 180030
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
630 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013
COC017-KSC071-180040-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130618T0030Z/
CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY KS-
630 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3846 10205 3861 10205 3861 10220 3870 10228
3881 10212 3877 10204 3870 10204 3870 10193
3858 10175 3839 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 312DEG 19KT 3866 10210
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.