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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2016, 5:47 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 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 27, 2016, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
937
WFUS53 KGLD 272347
TORGLD
COC125-280015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0061.160627T2347Z-160628T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
547 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 547 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOLYOKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAUNETA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 254 AND 269.
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 4044 10216 4034 10208 4019 10223 4044 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 323DEG 20KT 4050 10234
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
023
WWUS53 KGLD 280007
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
607 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
COC125-280016-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160628T0015Z/
YUMA CO-
607 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM MDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4044 10216 4034 10208 4019 10223 4044 10245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 323DEG 20KT 4050 10234
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 16 min |
| Jun 26, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 11:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 8:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 11:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 12:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 12:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 12:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 1:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 11 min |
| Jun 27, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 8 min |
| Jun 27, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 59 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.