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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Goodland, KS

June 6, 2016Cheyenne County, Colorado

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 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

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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

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
Jun 6, 12:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne28 min
Jun 6, 1:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne28 min
Jun 6, 1:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne34 min
Jun 6, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne25 min
Jun 6, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne15 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne35 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne56 min

Nearby

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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.