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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 5:08 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 min. 4 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: May 26, 2016, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 5:23 PM MDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in

County Cheyenne County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 5:09 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 90	5 Se Kit Carson, CO
May 26, 5:12 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 76	Kit Carson, CO
May 26, 5:15 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kit Carson, CO	2 ROOF COLLAPSES REPORTED AS WELL AS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
May 26, 5:23 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 N Firstview, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 12:04 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

261 
WFUS53 KGLD 262308
TORGLD
COC017-262345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0033.160526T2308Z-160526T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 508 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF KIT CARSON...OR 28 MILES WEST OF
  CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIT CARSON AND FIRSTVIEW. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 139.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3892 10261 3864 10229 3861 10245 3862 10297
      3870 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 245DEG 41KT 3867 10283 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DR

2 follow-up statements

925 
WWUS53 KGLD 262315
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

COC017-262345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160526T2345Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
515 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
    
AT 515 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...OR 22 MILES WEST OF
CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIT CARSON AND FIRSTVIEW. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 139.
 
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 3892 10261 3864 10229 3861 10245 3862 10282
      3875 10291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 245DEG 41KT 3871 10273 

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

$$

DR

778 
WWUS53 KGLD 262323
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
523 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

COC017-262333-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160526T2345Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
523 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO IS CANCELLED...
    
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3892 10261 3864 10229 3861 10245 3862 10282
      3875 10291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 245DEG 41KT 3875 10262 

$$

DR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	31 min
May 25, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	37 min
May 26, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	41 min
May 26, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	22 min
May 26, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	47 min
May 26, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	48 min
May 26, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	40 min
May 26, 5:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	21 min
May 26, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	49 min
May 26, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	47 min
May 26, 5:55 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	65 min
May 26, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	64 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.