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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2017Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 6:25 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 12 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
May 26, 2017, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2017, 6:37 PM MDT
In force
12 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1044 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
9.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

018 
WFUS53 KGLD 270025
TORGLD
COC125-270100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0010.170527T0025Z-170527T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
625 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT
    
* At 625 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 18 miles east of Cope, or 18 miles west of Bonny
  Reservoir, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter. 

  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
  south 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 3965 10260 3974 10255 3971 10236 3961 10235
      3958 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 301DEG 23KT 3967 10251 

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

$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
210 
WWUS53 KGLD 270037
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
637 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

COC125-270047-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170527T0100Z/
Yuma CO-
637 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
northeastern Colorado.

LAT...LON 3965 10260 3974 10255 3971 10236 3961 10235
      3958 10242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 301DEG 23KT 3963 10242 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma52 min
May 26, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma66 min
May 26, 6:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma47 min
May 26, 7:15 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDKit Carson17 min
May 26, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma57 min
May 26, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma39 min
May 26, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson48 min
May 26, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma17 min
May 26, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma39 min
May 26, 8:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 26, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma56 min
May 26, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma48 min
May 26, 10:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson24 min
May 26, 10:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson3 hr
May 26, 11:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson24 min
May 26, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
May 26, 11:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson18 min
May 27, 1:34 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma9 hr

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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.