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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2016, 9:07 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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 28, 2016, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 28, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
355
WFUS53 KGLD 290307
TORGLD
COC125-290330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0062.160629T0307Z-160629T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
907 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 930 PM MDT
* AT 907 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COPE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH
OF YUMA... MOVING SOUTH 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABARR.
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 3990 10280 3994 10263 3975 10256 3968 10266
3968 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 003DEG 27KT 3983 10270
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN2 follow-up statements
864
WWUS53 KGLD 290318
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
918 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COC125-290330-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160629T0330Z/
YUMA CO-
918 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 918 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF COPE...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA...
MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABARR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3990 10280 3994 10263 3975 10256 3968 10266
3968 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 003DEG 27KT 3975 10271
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN372
WWUS53 KGLD 290321
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
921 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COC125-290331-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160629T0330Z/
YUMA CO-
921 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 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 300 AM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3990 10280 3994 10263 3975 10256 3968 10266
3968 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 003DEG 27KT 3975 10271
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 8:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Yuma | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 9:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 10:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 10:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 12 min |
| Jun 28, 10:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 15 min |
| Jun 28, 10:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 18 min |
| Jun 28, 10:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 16 min |
| Jun 28, 11:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 11:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 11:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 11:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 12:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 min |
| Jun 29, 12:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 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.