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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.
288
WFUS53 KGLD 022315
TORGLD
COC125-022345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0078.160902T2315Z-160902T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 515 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ECKLEY...OR 12 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 4022 10261 4029 10260 4030 10240 4018 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 276DEG 10KT 4026 10257
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUSTED2 follow-up statements
479
WWUS53 KGLD 022332
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
532 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
COC125-022345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160902T2345Z/
YUMA CO-
532 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 530 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
YUMA... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 500 PM MDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD
WAS REPORTED 9 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CLARKVILLE.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4022 10254 4027 10253 4030 10240 4018 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 283DEG 10KT 4024 10249
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUSTED188
WWUS53 KGLD 022345
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
COC125-022354-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160902T2345Z/
YUMA CO-
545 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM MDT...
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.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
FOR PORTIONS OF YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4022 10254 4027 10253 4030 10240 4018 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 276DEG 10KT 4024 10249
$$
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, 4:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.