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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS

May 7, 2016Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2016, 5:51 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 6 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, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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, 5:54 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.
May 7, 6:16 PM MDT	TORNADO	10 Nne Wray, CO	DELAYED REPORT. TORNADO PRODUCED PATH OF DAMAGE FROM NORTH OF WRAY TO 10 NNE OF WRAY BEFORE LIFTING. THIS MAY REPLACE THE LOCATION OF THE EARLIER REPORT OF 7 N OF WRAY WHERE THE TORNADOES LIFTED.
May 7, 6:16 PM MDT	TORNADO	7 N Wray, CO	TWO TORNADOES ROUGHLY 7 MILES NORTH OF WRAY. SECOND TORNADO LASTED 2 MINUTES THEN BOTH TORNADOES LIFTED AT SAME TIME.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

081 
WFUS53 KGLD 072351
TORGLD
COC125-080015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.160507T2351Z-160508T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
551 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
    
* AT 550 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 542 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS
           REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF WRAY. STRONG ROTATION CONTINUES
           AND A TORNADO COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME.

  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 242 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 4005 10217 4004 10228 4021 10232 4022 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 183DEG 9KT 4008 10223 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HUSTED

3 follow-up statements

599 
WWUS53 KGLD 072354
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
554 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

COC125-080015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160508T0015Z/
YUMA CO-
554 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
    
AT 554 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WRAY...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 554 MDT...A TORNADO
         WAS REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE 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 242 AND 253.
 
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 4005 10217 4004 10228 4021 10232 4022 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 183DEG 9KT 4009 10223 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED

200 
WWUS53 KGLD 080000
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

COC125-080015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160508T0015Z/
YUMA CO-
600 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
        
AT 600 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. A LARGE TORNADO CONTINUES ON THE
         GROUND RIGHT NOW NEAR WRAY.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRAY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND 253.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4009 10218 4009 10227 4021 10232 4022 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 179DEG 13KT 4013 10223 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED

408 
WWUS53 KGLD 080007
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
607 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

COC125-080015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160508T0015Z/
YUMA CO-
607 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...
        
AT 606 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR AND SPOTTER CONFIRMED TORNADO. A LARGE TORNADO
         CONTINUES AT THIS TIME. 
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 247 AND 253.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 4011 10219 4011 10226 4021 10230 4021 10224
      4022 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 187DEG 10KT 4015 10222 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED

The 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, 5:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Yuma	30 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.