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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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
$$
JN2 follow-up statements
037
WWUS53 KGLD 272023
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
223 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
COC125-272045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160527T2045Z/
YUMA CO-
223 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 223 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF COPE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF BONNY
RESERVOIR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 10244 3974 10236 3960 10245 3965 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 040DEG 25KT 3962 10252
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN226
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
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:45 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 73 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 45 min |
| May 26, 10:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 12 hr |
| May 27, 11:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 57 min |
| May 27, 11:54 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| May 27, 12:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 12 min |
| May 27, 12:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| May 27, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| May 27, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 27, 3:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 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.