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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS

June 29, 2016Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2016, 6:39 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 29, 2016, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 6:54 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2016-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 2016-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

003 
WFUS53 KGLD 300039
TORGLD
COC063-300115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0067.160630T0039Z-160630T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
639 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
    
* AT 639 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ARRIBA...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  FLAGLER... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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
  WEST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 391 AND
393.
 
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 3913 10316 3917 10315 3935 10315 3935 10312
      3911 10304 3909 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 328DEG 32KT 3927 10318 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
973 
WWUS53 KGLD 300054
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
654 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

COC063-300104-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160630T0115Z/
KIT CARSON CO-
654 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST 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.

LAT...LON 3913 10316 3917 10315 3935 10315 3935 10312
      3911 10304 3909 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 328DEG 32KT 3916 10309 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma39 min
Jun 29, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson35 min
Jun 29, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson40 min
Jun 29, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson48 min
Jun 29, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson43 min
Jun 29, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma50 min
Jun 29, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson15 min
Jun 29, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne59 min
Jun 29, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma41 min
Jun 29, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson43 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma45 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne42 min
Jun 29, 9:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne3 hr
Jun 30, 1:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma10 hr

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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.