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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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
- May 7, 2016, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:49 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Alvin, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
721
WFUS53 KGLD 080033
TORGLD
COC125-080100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0011.160508T0033Z-160508T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
633 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 700 PM MDT
* AT 632 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 4044 10205 4026 10205 4025 10221 4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 192DEG 16KT 4030 10214
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED2 follow-up statements
034
WWUS53 KGLD 080047
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
647 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080100-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160508T0100Z/
YUMA CO-
647 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 647 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRETE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4027 10205 4029 10222 4044 10230 4044 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 210DEG 17KT 4034 10207
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED225
WWUS53 KGLD 080052
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080100-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160508T0100Z/
YUMA CO-
652 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 652 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRETE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED AT 650 PM MDT JUST NORTH OF ALVIN.
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 4027 10205 4029 10222 4044 10230 4044 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 192DEG 16KT 4036 10206
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, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 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.