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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 6:10 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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 7, 2016, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:16 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 Nne Wray, CO | DELAYED REPORT. TORNADO PRODUCED PATH OF DAMAGE FROM NORTH OF WRAY TO 10 NNE OF WRAY BEFORE LIFTING. THIS MAY REPLACE THE LOCATION OF THE EARLIER REPORT OF 7 N OF WRAY WHERE THE TORNADOES LIFTED. |
| May 7, 6:16 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 N Wray, CO | TWO TORNADOES ROUGHLY 7 MILES NORTH OF WRAY. SECOND TORNADO LASTED 2 MINUTES THEN BOTH TORNADOES LIFTED AT SAME TIME. |
| May 7, 6:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | Sse Wauneta, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:31 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
616
WFUS53 KGLD 080010
TORGLD
COC125-080045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0010.160508T0010Z-160508T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 610 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR AND SPOTTER CONFIRMED TORNADO. A LARGE TORNADO
CONTINUES AT THIS TIME. DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED NORTH
OF WRAY.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN AND WAUNETA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 258.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4015 10213 4015 10226 4031 10225 4031 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 196DEG 17KT 4018 10221
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED3 follow-up statements
761
WWUS53 KGLD 080015
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
615 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
615 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 614 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR AND SPOTTER CONFIRMED TORNADO. TWO TORNADOES ARE ON
THE GROUND AT THIS TIME 8 MILES NORTH OF WRAY.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN AND WAUNETA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 258.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 10213 4015 10226 4031 10225 4031 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 196DEG 17KT 4020 10220
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED013
WWUS53 KGLD 080021
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
621 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
621 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 620 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL
DAMAGING TORNADOES AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY
TIME.
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...
ALVIN.
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 4016 10212 4018 10222 4031 10221 4031 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 193DEG 15KT 4021 10214
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED143
WWUS53 KGLD 080035
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
635 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160508T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
635 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 635 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES AND TORNADO DAMAGE.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 10210 4024 10220 4031 10221 4031 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 179DEG 23KT 4030 10214
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 43 min |
| May 7, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| May 8, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 19 min |
| May 8, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 16 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 15 min |
| May 8, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| May 8, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 17 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 17 min |
| May 8, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 12 min |
| May 8, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 12 min |
| May 8, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 16 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 11 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.