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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2016, 10:03 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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, 10:03 PM MDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
959
WFUS53 KGLD 290403
TORGLD
COC125-290430-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0064.160629T0403Z-160629T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1003 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
* AT 1003 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF BONNY RESERVOIR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 YUMA COUNTY.
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 3964 10251 3960 10236 3957 10240 3957 10253
3960 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 310DEG 23KT 3960 10249
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
659
WWUS53 KGLD 290421
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1021 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COC125-290431-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160629T0430Z/
YUMA CO-
1021 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM MDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3964 10251 3960 10236 3957 10240 3957 10253
3960 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 310DEG 23KT 3960 10249
$$
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, 9:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 23 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, 10:08 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.