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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 5:55 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 min. 5 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, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:00 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 4 S Burlington, CO | ASOS STATION BURLINGTON CO AIRPORT /ITR/ |
| May 26, 6:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 E Burlington, CO | |
| May 26, 6:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 W Burlington, CO | |
| May 26, 6:14 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 1 S Burlington, CO | |
| May 26, 6:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burlington, CO | TREES...POWERLINES AND POWERPOLES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE BURLINGTON AREA AS WELL AS OTHER LOCALES AROUND KIT CARSON COUNTY |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
136
WFUS53 KGLD 262355
TORGLD
COC063-125-270030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0038.160526T2355Z-160527T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
555 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT
* AT 555 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COPE...OR 18 MILES NORTH
OF STRATTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
KIRK AND JOES.
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 3982 10273 3980 10248 3948 10265 3952 10282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 206DEG 28KT 3955 10273
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
078
WFUS53 KGLD 270019
TORGLD
COC063-125-270100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0038.160527T0019Z-160527T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
619 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 617 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ECKLEY
TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON AROUND 718 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE HALE...
VERNON...HEARTSTRONG...IDALIA AND BEECHER ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 10205 3907 10205 3906 10234 4001 10271
4027 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 261DEG 26KT 3996 10256 3916 10219
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
KTThe 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, 5:24 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, 5:56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.