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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

May 20, 2014Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2014, 9:17 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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
May 20, 2014, 9:17 PM MDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2014, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 20, 9:20 PM MDTHAIL 1.753 N Burlington, CODELAYED REPORTS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. LOTS OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...SOME PIECES WERE AS LARGE AS GOLF BALLS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 20, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

833 
WFUS53 KGLD 210317
TORGLD
COC063-210345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0005.140521T0317Z-140521T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
917 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 914 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 432 AND 450.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 198.

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 3948 10205 3928 10205 3927 10239 3943 10240
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 264DEG 19KT 3933 10226

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

STASSER
2 follow-up statements
435 
WWUS53 KGLD 210328 RRA
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014

COC063-210345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140521T0345Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...

AT 927 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BURLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 450.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 196.

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 3948 10205 3928 10205 3929 10226 3943 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 264DEG 19KT 3934 10218

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

STASSER
978 
WWUS53 KGLD 210344
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
944 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014

COC063-210354-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140521T0345Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
944 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 945 PM MDT/1045 PM CDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3948 10205 3928 10205 3929 10226 3943 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 264DEG 19KT 3934 10207

$$

STASSER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson61 min
May 20, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson63 min
May 20, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma64 min
May 20, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson54 min
May 20, 9:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson55 min
May 21, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne36 min
May 21, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
May 21, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne55 min
May 21, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson31 min
May 21, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson58 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.