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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 11:23 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 4, 2014, 11:23 PM MDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:25 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 10 N Wild Horse, CO | GUSTS OVER 60MPH AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:06 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838
WFUS53 KGLD 050523
TORGLD
COC017-063-050600-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.140605T0523Z-140605T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1123 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
* AT 1119 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WILD HORSE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE...WITH
INJURIES...WAS REPORTED IN HUGO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 110 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS AND LARGER.
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...
WILD HORSE...KIT CARSON...FIRSTVIEW AND CHEYENNE WELLS.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE AND VERY LARGE HAIL. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10298 3891 10216 3861 10242 3861 10282
3881 10317 3893 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 305DEG 37KT 3895 10295
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
HUSTED1 follow-up statement
334
WWUS53 KGLD 050541
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1141 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
COC017-063-050600-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T0600Z/
CHEYENNE CO-KIT CARSON CO-
1141 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON
AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT...
AT 1136 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILD HORSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE...WITH
INJURIES...WAS REPORTED IN HUGO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 110 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS AND LARGER.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIT CARSON...FIRSTVIEW AND CHEYENNE WELLS.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3894 10306 3911 10292 3891 10216 3861 10242
3861 10282 3881 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 298DEG 33KT 3894 10284
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 10:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Jun 4, 10:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 12:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 12:26 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 12:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 12:45 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 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.