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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS

June 6, 2015Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2015, 4:56 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2015, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.75 in

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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
Jun 6, 5:36 PM MDTHAIL 1.7510 N Stratton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

021 
WFUS53 KGLD 062256
TORGLD
COC063-062330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0072.150606T2256Z-150606T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
    
* AT 456 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF COPE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
  SEIBERT...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
  NORTH CENTRAL 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 10258 3944 10258 3947 10296 3957 10297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 273DEG 26KT 3951 10287 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

DR
1 follow-up statement
399 
WWUS53 KGLD 062327
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
527 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015

COC063-062337-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-150606T2330Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
527 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3957 10258 3944 10258 3947 10296 3957 10297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 273DEG 26KT 3951 10287 

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma15 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson31 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma27 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jun 5, 6:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson52 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson51 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma51 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jun 5, 7:38 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma52 min
Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma4 hr
Jun 6, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson36 min
Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Jun 6, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson52 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.