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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS

May 7, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 6:58 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 20 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
May 7, 2016, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2016, 7:18 PM MDT
In force
20 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 12:31 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2016-05-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -86 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WFUS53 KGLD 080058
TORGLD
COC125-080130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0012.160508T0058Z-160508T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
658 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 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 657 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF CRETE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HOLYOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 650 PM MDT...QUARTER SIZE
           HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY.

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 4034 10205 4035 10224 4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 177DEG 17KT 4039 10208 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HUSTED
1 follow-up statement
088 
WWUS53 KGLD 080118
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

COC125-080128-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160508T0130Z/
YUMA CO-
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4044 10205 4034 10205 4035 10224 4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 177DEG 17KT 4049 10209 

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma43 min
May 7, 6:10 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGLDYuma35 min
May 7, 6:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma27 min
May 8, 2:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson24 min
May 8, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson19 min
May 8, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson16 min
May 8, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson15 min
May 8, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson48 min
May 8, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson17 min
May 8, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson17 min
May 8, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson12 min
May 8, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma12 min
May 8, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma16 min
May 8, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma11 min

Nearby

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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.