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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Goodland, KS
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:35 PM MDT | HAIL 3 | 3 N Alvin, CO | ACTUAL 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
LOCKHART/CLT1 follow-up statement
653
WWUS53 KGLD 250231
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
831 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
COC125-NEC057-250245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160525T0245Z/
YUMA CO-DUNDY NE-
831 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN YUMA AND NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...
AT 830 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRETE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WRAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4035 10205 4035 10187 4023 10185
4023 10216 4037 10222 4044 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 265DEG 32KT 4034 10205
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LOCKHART/CLTThe 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, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 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 |
| May 24, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 30 min |
| May 24, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 41 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.