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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 2:13 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2016, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

383 
WFUS53 KGLD 272013
TORGLD
COC125-272045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0046.160527T2013Z-160527T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
213 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 213 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. 

  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
  SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA 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 3977 10244 3974 10236 3960 10245 3965 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 040DEG 25KT 3968 10246 

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

$$

JN
2 follow-up statements
037 
WWUS53 KGLD 272023
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
223 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COC125-272045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
YUMA CO-
223 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
        
AT 223 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF COPE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF BONNY
RESERVOIR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 

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
SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA 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 3977 10244 3974 10236 3960 10245 3965 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 040DEG 25KT 3962 10252 

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

$$

JN
226 
WWUS53 KGLD 272040
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
240 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COC125-272049-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
YUMA CO-
240 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3977 10244 3974 10236 3960 10245 3965 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 040DEG 25KT 3962 10252 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma51 min
May 26, 7:45 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma73 min
May 26, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
May 26, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson, Yuma45 min
May 26, 10:52 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDYuma12 hr
May 27, 11:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne57 min
May 27, 11:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma20 min
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson12 min
May 27, 12:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson27 min
May 27, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne21 min
May 27, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson22 min
May 27, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne26 min
May 27, 2:25 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma35 min
May 27, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson37 min
May 27, 3:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne30 min
May 27, 3:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.