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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2016Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 8:15 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 8:15 PM MDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Yuma County, CO, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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
May 24, 8:35 PM MDTHAIL 33 N Alvin, COACTUAL MEASUREMENT OF HAIL WAS 3.5 INCHES.

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
May 24, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 484 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
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.

630 
WFUS53 KGLD 250215
TORGLD
COC125-NEC057-250245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0030.160525T0215Z-160525T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
    
* AT 815 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING EAST AT 40 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 254 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 4044 10205 4035 10205 4035 10187 4022 10185
      4021 10236 4040 10237 4044 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 265DEG 35KT 4033 10220 

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

$$

LOCKHART/CLT
1 follow-up statement
653 
WWUS53 KGLD 250231
SVSGLD

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

COC125-NEC057-250245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160525T0245Z/
YUMA CO-DUNDY NE-
831 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA AND NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...
    
AT 830 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRETE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WRAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 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.

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 4035 10205 4035 10187 4023 10185
      4023 10216 4037 10222 4044 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 265DEG 32KT 4034 10205 

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

$$

LOCKHART/CLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:19 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma26 min
May 24, 7:43 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDYuma32 min
May 24, 10:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma43 min
May 25, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma47 min
May 24, 8:45 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy30 min
May 24, 9:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy34 min
May 25, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.