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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 5:24 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2016, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Kit Carson County, CO
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
534
WFUS53 KGLD 262324
TORGLD
COC063-262345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0035.160526T2324Z-160526T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
524 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 524 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.
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 3957 10283 3957 10251 3931 10288 3940 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 228DEG 34KT 3940 10289
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
110
WWUS53 KGLD 262333
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
533 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
COC063-262345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160526T2345Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
533 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...
AT 532 PM MDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
12 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 10283 3957 10251 3937 10287 3944 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 215DEG 31KT 3947 10286
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
DRThe 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, 5:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 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, 5:26 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.