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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS

July 12, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2016, 11:53 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 12, 2016, 11:53 PM MDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 12:45 AM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

829 
WUUS53 KGLD 130553
SVRGLD
COC125-130645-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.160713T0553Z-160713T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1153 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT

* AT 1152 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF
  ELBA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE 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...
  ABARR AND HEARTSTRONG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10279 4007 10279 4006 10241 3972 10247
      3980 10280 4000 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 282DEG 22KT 3994 10290 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

007

3 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS53 KGLD 130601
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1201 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

COC125-130645-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-160713T0645Z/
YUMA CO-
1201 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...

AT 1201 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABARR AND HEARTSTRONG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10279 4007 10279 4006 10241 3972 10247
      3980 10280 4000 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 282DEG 22KT 3993 10283 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

007

719 
WWUS53 KGLD 130620
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1220 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

COC125-130645-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-160713T0645Z/
YUMA CO-
1220 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...

AT 1220 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF
YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE 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...
ABARR AND HEARTSTRONG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10279 4007 10279 4006 10241 3972 10247
      3980 10280 4000 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 282DEG 22KT 3990 10268 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

007

292 
WWUS53 KGLD 130628
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1228 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

COC125-130645-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-160713T0645Z/
YUMA CO-
1228 AM MDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...

AT 1228 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ECKLEY...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE 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...
ABARR AND HEARTSTRONG. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10279 4007 10279 4006 10241 3972 10247
      3980 10280 4000 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 282DEG 22KT 3989 10262 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

007

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	19 min
Jul 12, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	22 min
Jul 12, 8:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	42 min
Jul 12, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	36 min
Jul 12, 9:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	22 min
Jul 12, 10:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	16 min
Jul 12, 10:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	19 min
Jul 12, 11:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	29 min
Jul 12, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	25 min
Jul 13, 12:12 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Yuma	5 hr
Jul 13, 12:44 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	61 min
Jul 13, 1:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	60 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.