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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:20 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Burlington, CO | DELAYED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
STASSER2 follow-up statements
435
WWUS53 KGLD 210328 RRA
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014
COC063-210345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140521T0345Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
928 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON
COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT...
AT 927 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BURLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 450.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 196.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 10205 3928 10205 3929 10226 3943 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 264DEG 19KT 3934 10218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
STASSER978 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 min |
| May 20, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 63 min |
| May 20, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| May 20, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| May 21, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 36 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 58 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.