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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
HUSTED1 follow-up statement
088
WWUS53 KGLD 080118
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080128-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160508T0130Z/
YUMA CO-
718 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4034 10205 4035 10224 4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 177DEG 17KT 4049 10209
$$
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, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.