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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 6:54 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports 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
May 26, 2016, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
80.0 mph

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 7:14 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 624 S Burlington, CO
May 26, 7:30 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 681 S Burlington, COASOS
May 26, 7:53 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 S Burlington, 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
May 26, 12:04 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

485 
WUUS53 KGLD 270054
SVRGLD
COC063-125-270145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0113.160527T0054Z-160527T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
654 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 654 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST. FRANCIS TO NEAR WESKAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 100 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. 

  HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURLINGTON...BONNY RESERVOIR...BETHUNE...IDALIA...BEECHER ISLAND...
  HALE AND VERNON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3998 10206 3905 10206 3905 10250 3989 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 292DEG 86KT 3970 10186 3887 10190 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:45 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma73 min
May 26, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
May 26, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson, Yuma45 min
May 26, 10:52 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDYuma12 hr
May 27, 11:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne57 min
May 27, 11:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma20 min
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson12 min
May 27, 12:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson27 min
May 27, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne21 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson22 min
May 27, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne26 min
May 27, 2:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 min
May 27, 2:25 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma35 min
May 27, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson37 min
May 27, 3:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne30 min
May 27, 3:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne21 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.