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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2015, 7:38 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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 5, 2015, 7:38 PM MDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 5, 7:40 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Yuma, CO |
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 5, 4:44 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933
WFUS53 KGLD 060138
TORGLD
COC125-060230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0065.150606T0138Z-150606T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
738 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 738 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER YUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
YUMA AND CLARKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 4028 10238 4001 10269 4006 10279 4025 10280
4043 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 213DEG 22KT 4013 10274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BULLER2 follow-up statements
082
WWUS53 KGLD 060208
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
808 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
COC125-060230-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150606T0230Z/
YUMA CO-
808 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 807 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF YUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YUMA AND CLARKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4028 10238 4001 10269 4006 10279 4025 10280
4043 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 213DEG 22KT 4015 10264
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BULLER011
WWUS53 KGLD 060224
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
824 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
COC125-060234-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150606T0230Z/
YUMA CO-
824 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4028 10238 4001 10269 4006 10279 4025 10280
4043 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 213DEG 22KT 4015 10264
$$
BULLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 15 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 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.