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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Goodland, KS

June 28, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
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

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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

$$

JN
1 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 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma40 min
Jun 28, 8:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDYuma5 hr
Jun 28, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma46 min
Jun 28, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma48 min
Jun 28, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma40 min
Jun 28, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma43 min
Jun 28, 9:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma23 min
Jun 28, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma45 min
Jun 28, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma32 min
Jun 28, 9:37 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma38 min
Jun 28, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma64 min
Jun 28, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson44 min
Jun 28, 10:08 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson12 min
Jun 28, 10:27 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson15 min
Jun 28, 10:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jun 28, 10:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson18 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
Jun 28, 11:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson16 min
Jun 28, 11:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson33 min
Jun 28, 11:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne42 min
Jun 28, 11:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne52 min
Jun 28, 11:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson34 min
Jun 29, 12:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne14 min
Jun 29, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne26 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.