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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS

September 2, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 4:11 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 2, 2016, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.5 in

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 4:40 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 607 Sw Clarkville, COPEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 2016-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

099 
WFUS53 KGLD 022211
TORGLD
COC125-022245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0076.160902T2211Z-160902T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
411 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 410 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  LONE STAR...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
           WASHINGTON COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO. 

  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
  NORTHWESTERN 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 4035 10261 4016 10264 4018 10279 4033 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 265DEG 11KT 4027 10287 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HUSTED
2 follow-up statements
167 
WWUS53 KGLD 022214
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
414 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

COC125-022245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160902T2245Z/
YUMA CO-
414 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
    
AT 413 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LONE
STAR...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 405 PM MDT...A
         TORNADO WAS REPORTED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTIS BY
         WASHINGTON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

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
NORTHWESTERN 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 4035 10261 4016 10264 4018 10279 4033 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 264DEG 15KT 4027 10282 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HUSTED
017 
WWUS53 KGLD 022229
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
429 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

COC125-022245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160902T2245Z/
YUMA CO-
429 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
    
AT 428 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONE STAR...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
YUMA... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 405 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS
         REPORTED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTIS BY WASHINGTON COUNTY LAW
         ENFORCEMENT. 

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
NORTHWESTERN 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 4019 10264 4022 10279 4033 10279 4035 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 272DEG 11KT 4026 10276 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 min
Sep 2, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson44 min
Sep 2, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma56 min
Sep 2, 4:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma6 hr
Sep 2, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson44 min
Sep 2, 4:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma7 hr
Sep 2, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 min
Sep 2, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma31 min
Sep 2, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson35 min
Sep 2, 5:15 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma30 min
Sep 2, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma53 min
Sep 2, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson44 min
Sep 2, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson23 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.