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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2016Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 3:23 PM MDT for Cheyenne 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 27, 2016, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 3:44 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

873 
WFUS53 KGLD 272123
TORGLD
COC017-272200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0052.160527T2123Z-160527T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
    
* AT 322 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS...AND IS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 140.
 
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 3870 10247 3868 10227 3861 10229 3861 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 153DEG 3KT 3865 10240 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DR
1 follow-up statement
791 
WWUS53 KGLD 272144
SVSGLD

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

COC017-272153-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160527T2200Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
344 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3870 10247 3868 10227 3861 10229 3861 10249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 153DEG 3KT 3867 10241 

$$

DR

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, 2:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 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

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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.