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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 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
- Apr 17, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:37 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591
WFUS53 KGLD 172345
TORGLD
COC125-180000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.150417T2345Z-150418T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 545 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHLAND CENTER...OR 20 MILES
NORTH OF YUMA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10248 4038 10244 4034 10260 4037 10268
4044 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 143DEG 28KT 4041 10262
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRM2 follow-up statements
818
WWUS53 KGLD 172347
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
547 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2015
COC125-180000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
YUMA CO-
547 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 547 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHLAND CENTER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10248 4038 10244 4034 10260 4037 10268
4044 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 143DEG 28KT 4043 10264
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRM624
WWUS53 KGLD 172359
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2015
COC125-180008-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150418T0000Z/
YUMA CO-
559 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GOODLAND.
LAT...LON 4044 10248 4038 10244 4034 10260 4037 10268
4044 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 143DEG 28KT 4043 10264
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 17 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.