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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 4:56 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2016, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 5:18 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:01 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 Nne Eckley, CO | LAST 4 MINUTES. CORRECTED DISTANCE. TORNADO AT COUNTY ROAD W AND COUNTY ROAD 48. |
| May 7, 5:01 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 Nne Eckley, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:31 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
881
WFUS53 KGLD 072256
TORGLD
COC125-072330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.160507T2256Z-160507T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 456 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT455 PM MDT... A FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ECKLEY.
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
NORTH 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 4015 10239 4015 10249 4035 10256 4036 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 175DEG 22KT 4019 10245
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED3 follow-up statements
009
WWUS53 KGLD 072303
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
503 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-072330-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160507T2330Z/
YUMA CO-
503 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 501 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
ECKLEY...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 501 PM MDT...A
TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 10239 4015 10249 4035 10256 4036 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 175DEG 17KT 4020 10245
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED303
WWUS53 KGLD 072313
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
513 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-072330-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160507T2330Z/
YUMA CO-
513 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 513 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF YUMA...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE 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
NORTH 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 4023 10240 4022 10250 4035 10256 4036 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 175DEG 22KT 4027 10246
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED757
WWUS53 KGLD 072318
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
518 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-072328-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160507T2330Z/
YUMA CO-
518 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.
LAT...LON 4023 10240 4022 10250 4035 10256 4036 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 175DEG 22KT 4030 10246
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| May 7, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 51 min |
| May 7, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 10 min |
| May 7, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 17 min |
| May 7, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 39 min |
| May 7, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 7, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 13 min |
| May 7, 4:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 23 min |
| May 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 23 min |
| May 7, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.