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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2016, 1:43 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 15, 2016, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 3.0 in
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:49 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Arapahoe, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
262
WFUS53 KGLD 151943
TORGLD
COC017-152000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0070.160715T1943Z-160715T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
143 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 200 PM MDT
* AT 143 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESKAN...OR 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO THREE 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARAPAHOE.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 10227 3900 10205 3880 10205 3878 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 000DEG 23KT 3894 10216
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN
$$
JRM1 follow-up statement
487
WWUS53 KGLD 151953
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
153 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
COC017-152000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-160715T2000Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
153 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 153 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND THREE INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARAPAHOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3894 10226 3893 10206 3880 10205 3878 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 007DEG 22KT 3889 10218
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 1:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 14 min |
| Jul 15, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 1:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 1:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 1:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 2:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 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.