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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

April 15, 2016Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 5:25 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 15, 2016, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
Apr 15, 5:27 PM MDTHAIL 2.511 Ssw Bonny Reservoir, COSTORM PRODUCED 2-2.5 INCH HAIL WITH TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. HAIL WAS OBSERVEDA LITTLE WHILE AFTER STORM PASSED.

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
Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2016-04-15Temperature 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 2016-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

133 
WUUS53 KGLD 152325
SVRGLD
COC063-125-160015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0013.160415T2325Z-160416T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
525 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 525 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
  BETHUNE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BONNY RESERVOIR AND IDALIA. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 216.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3972 10231 3970 10217 3960 10213 3937 10225
      3945 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 204DEG 28KT 3942 10236 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
068 
WWUS53 KGLD 152343
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC063-125-160015-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160416T0015Z/
YUMA CO-KIT CARSON CO-
543 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA AND NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONNY RESERVOIR AND IDALIA. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 216.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3972 10231 3970 10217 3960 10213 3937 10225
      3945 10246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 204DEG 28KT 3955 10228 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne51 min
Apr 15, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne41 min
Apr 15, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne44 min
Apr 15, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson25 min
Apr 15, 3:21 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne24 min
Apr 15, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson17 min
Apr 15, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma24 min
Apr 15, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
Apr 15, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson40 min
Apr 15, 4:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne3 hr
Apr 15, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne37 min
Apr 15, 4:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson3 hr
Apr 15, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson50 min
Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson49 min
Apr 15, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma19 min
Apr 15, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson50 min
Apr 15, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson34 min
Apr 15, 5:04 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Apr 15, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson46 min
Apr 15, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne17 min
Apr 15, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma50 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.