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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 7:43 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.75 in

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 8:24 PM MDT	HAIL 2.75	22 Nw Wray, CO	RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

917 
WFUS53 KGLD 250143
TORGLD
COC125-250215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0029.160525T0143Z-160525T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
743 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 740 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
  YUMA COLORADO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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 AND WAUNETA. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 269.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4022 10205 4015 10273 4035 10277
      4044 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 258DEG 40KT 4028 10253 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

LOCKHART/CLT

1 follow-up statement

133 
WWUS53 KGLD 250200
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
800 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

COC125-250215-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160525T0215Z/
YUMA CO-
800 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
    
AT 800 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY...
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...
ALVIN AND WAUNETA. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 256 AND 269.
 
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 4023 10250 4039 10257 4044 10230 4044 10205
      4026 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 257DEG 28KT 4030 10241 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

LOCKHART/CLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Yuma	26 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.