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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2016, 10:27 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 15 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, 10:27 PM MDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 10:42 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
046
WFUS53 KGLD 290427
TORGLD
COC063-290500-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0066.160629T0427Z-160629T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1027 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
* AT 1027 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATTON...MOVING EAST 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 KIT CARSON 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 3915 10264 3926 10259 3923 10239 3908 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 288DEG 22KT 3920 10253
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN2 follow-up statements
757
WWUS53 KGLD 290438
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1038 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COC063-290500-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160629T0500Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
1038 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...
AT 1037 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF BETHUNE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STRATTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3915 10264 3926 10259 3923 10239 3908 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 288DEG 22KT 3918 10245
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN598
WWUS53 KGLD 290442
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1042 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
COC063-290452-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160629T0500Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
1042 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3915 10264 3926 10259 3923 10239 3908 10238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 288DEG 22KT 3917 10241
$$
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, 10:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 10:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 12 min |
| Jun 28, 10:36 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.