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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2013, 6:23 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 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 8, 2013, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2013, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 8, 2:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KGLD 090023
TORGLD
COC125-090045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0003.130409T0023Z-130409T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
623 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 619 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BONNY
RESERVOIR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HALE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 221.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 10205 3957 10206 3957 10217 3957 10227
3977 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 206DEG 11KT 3961 10214
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
THEDE2 follow-up statements
246
WWUS53 KGLD 090035
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
635 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013
COC125-090045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130409T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
635 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 628 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE
DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 221.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 10205 3957 10206 3957 10217 3957 10227
3977 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 213DEG 12KT 3964 10209
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
THEDE615
WWUS53 KGLD 090045
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
645 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013
COC125-090055-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130409T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
645 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3973 10205 3957 10206 3957 10217 3957 10227
3977 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 213DEG 12KT 3965 10209
$$
THEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 7:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 8:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 18 min |
| Apr 8, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 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.