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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
STASSER2 follow-up statements
071
WWUS53 KGLD 070003
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
COC017-070015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140607T0015Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
603 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 602 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 10249 3862 10248 3862 10282 3874 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 272DEG 17KT 3869 10274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
STASSER381 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 6:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 10:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 18 min |
| Jun 6, 3:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 3:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 14 min |
| Jun 6, 4:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 4:57 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 18 min |
| Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 4:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 14 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 5:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 28 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.