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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Goodland, KS

June 27, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

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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

$$

JN
1 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 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma32 min
Jun 26, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips26 min
Jun 26, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma37 min
Jun 26, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma16 min
Jun 26, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma48 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma36 min
Jun 27, 8:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips23 min
Jun 27, 11:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma34 min
Jun 27, 12:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma31 min
Jun 27, 12:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 min
Jun 27, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson42 min
Jun 27, 1:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson49 min
Jun 27, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson39 min
Jun 27, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson33 min
Jun 27, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson11 min
Jun 27, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson28 min
Jun 27, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson43 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson8 min
Jun 27, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
Jun 27, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma29 min
Jun 27, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson34 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma59 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.