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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

June 6, 2014Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2014, 5:50 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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 6, 2014, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 6, 12:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 6, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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.

107 
WFUS53 KGLD 062350
TORGLD
COC017-070015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.140606T2350Z-140607T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
550 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 547 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF KIT CARSON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CHEYENNE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 10249 3862 10248 3861 10287 3874 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 269DEG 18KT 3869 10281

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

STASSER
2 follow-up statements
071 
WWUS53 KGLD 070003
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

COC017-070015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140607T0015Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
603 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 602 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CHEYENNE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 10249 3862 10248 3862 10282 3874 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 272DEG 17KT 3869 10274

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

STASSER
381 
WWUS53 KGLD 070017
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
617 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

COC017-070027-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140607T0015Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
617 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3874 10249 3862 10248 3862 10282 3874 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 272DEG 17KT 3869 10274

$$

STASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne53 min
Jun 5, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne22 min
Jun 5, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne16 min
Jun 5, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
Jun 6, 3:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson18 min
Jun 6, 3:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson31 min
Jun 6, 3:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson14 min
Jun 6, 4:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson38 min
Jun 6, 4:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson18 min
Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne39 min
Jun 6, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma55 min
Jun 6, 4:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson14 hr
Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma40 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 min
Jun 6, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma59 min
Jun 6, 5:19 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson26 min
Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson28 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.