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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

April 15, 2016Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 15, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 3:22 PM MDTHAIL 15 S Kit Carson, CO
Apr 15, 3:31 PM MDTHAIL 15 S Kit Carson, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

016 
WFUS53 KGLD 152121
TORGLD
COC017-152145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0003.160415T2121Z-160415T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
321 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 320 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF EADS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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...
  KIT CARSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3880 10279 3877 10249 3861 10262 3861 10278
      3862 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 186DEG 18KT 3860 10274 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JRM
2 follow-up statements
307 
WWUS53 KGLD 152126
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
326 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC017-152145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2145Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
326 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
    
AT 326 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 10249 3861 10262 3861 10278 3862 10280
      3880 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 188DEG 18KT 3864 10271 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JRM
434 
WWUS53 KGLD 152144
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
344 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC017-152154-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160415T2145Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
344 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.


LAT...LON 3877 10249 3861 10262 3861 10278 3862 10280
      3880 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 186DEG 18KT 3864 10271 

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne51 min
Apr 15, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne41 min
Apr 15, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne44 min
Apr 15, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson25 min
Apr 15, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson17 min
Apr 15, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma24 min
Apr 15, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
Apr 15, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson40 min
Apr 15, 4:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne3 hr
Apr 15, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne37 min
Apr 15, 4:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson3 hr
Apr 15, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson50 min
Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson49 min
Apr 15, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma19 min
Apr 15, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson50 min
Apr 15, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson34 min
Apr 15, 5:04 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Apr 15, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma50 min
Apr 15, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson46 min
Apr 15, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne17 min
Apr 15, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma50 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.