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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 4:44 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:00 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 Sse Clarkville, CO | LOCATION ESTIMATED. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
007
WFUS53 KGLD 022244
TORGLD
COC125-022315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0077.160902T2244Z-160902T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
444 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 515 PM MDT
* AT 444 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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
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 4021 10277 4029 10275 4033 10253 4018 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 273DEG 11KT 4026 10270
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED2 follow-up statements
738
WWUS53 KGLD 022256
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
COC125-022315-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160902T2315Z/
YUMA CO-
456 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
AT 455 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4023 10270 4029 10269 4032 10253 4026 10253
4019 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 274DEG 13KT 4026 10264
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUSTED765
WWUS53 KGLD 022307
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
507 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
COC125-022315-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160902T2315Z/
YUMA CO-
507 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 507 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ECKLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
YUMA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 10263 4028 10263 4030 10253 4026 10253
4021 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 279DEG 10KT 4025 10259
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 4:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 4:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 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.