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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 5:30 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:36 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Wray, CO | LIFTED AFTER TWO MINUTES. |
| May 7, 5:54 PM MDT | TORNADO | N Wray, CO | ON NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. |
| May 7, 6:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | N Wray, CO | CONTINUING ON NORTHEAST FROM TOWN. |
| May 7, 6:08 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 N Wray, CO | TORNADO DAMAGE OBSERVED 2 MILES NORTH OF WRAY INCLUDING ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 7, 6:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 2 N Wray, CO | TORNADO FLIPPED TRACTORS AND DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
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WFUS53 KGLD 072330
TORGLD
COC125-080000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0008.160507T2330Z-160508T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
530 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 530 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRAY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 256.
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 3997 10225 3996 10242 4026 10250 4026 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 176DEG 25KT 4004 10232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED3 follow-up statements
372
WWUS53 KGLD 072341
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
541 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160508T0000Z/
YUMA CO-
541 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
YUMA COUNTY...
AT 540 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 537 PM MDT...A BRIEF TORNADO
WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WRAY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRAY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 256.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 10225 3996 10242 4026 10250 4026 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 173DEG 12KT 4001 10233
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HUSTED402
WWUS53 KGLD 072343
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160508T0000Z/
YUMA CO-
543 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
YUMA COUNTY...
AT 543 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WRAY...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 543 PM MDT...A
TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF WRAY.
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...
WRAY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 256.
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 3997 10225 3996 10242 4026 10250 4026 10218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 177DEG 18KT 4005 10226
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED026
WWUS53 KGLD 072353
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
553 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
COC125-080000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160508T0000Z/
YUMA CO-
553 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
AT 553 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 2353 PM MDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD
WAS REPORTED NEAR WRAY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRAY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 253.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4004 10224 4004 10235 4020 10241 4022 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 176DEG 25KT 4012 10227
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
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, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 22 min |
| May 7, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 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.