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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 7:19 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2016, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 N Yuma, CO | WASHINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER CALLED IN A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT RD 46 AND FF. |
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 24, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted.
705
WFUS53 KGLD 250119
TORGLD
COC125-250145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0028.160525T0119Z-160525T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
719 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 PM MDT
* AT 719 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTIS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
CLARKVILLE.
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 4019 10242 4014 10280 4035 10279 4035 10278
4036 10278 4044 10255 4044 10252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 254DEG 25KT 4022 10285
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LOCKHART/CLT1 follow-up statement
822
WWUS53 KGLD 250133
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
733 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC125-250145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160525T0145Z/
YUMA CO-
733 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 732 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 10242 4014 10280 4035 10279 4035 10278
4036 10278 4044 10255 4044 10252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 254DEG 25KT 4025 10273
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LOCKHART/CLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| May 24, 8:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 47 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.