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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2015, 4:24 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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, 2015, 4:24 PM MDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374
WFUS53 KGLD 062224
TORGLD
COC063-062300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0071.150606T2224Z-150606T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
424 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 424 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THURMAN...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3956 10315 3957 10280 3943 10280 3943 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 268DEG 35KT 3957 10317
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
663
WWUS53 KGLD 062242
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
442 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
COC063-062300-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150606T2300Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
442 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...
AT 442 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COPE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10280 3947 10280 3948 10312 3956 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 272DEG 32KT 3954 10298
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
DRThe 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, 7:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.