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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 2:20 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 6, 2016, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
832
WFUS53 KGLD 062020
TORGLD
COC017-062045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0060.160606T2020Z-160606T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
220 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 245 PM MDT
* AT 220 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
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 3872 10258 3874 10255 3871 10244 3865 10248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 308DEG 27KT 3870 10251
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 12:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 1:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 min |
| Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 56 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.