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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2017, 10:42 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 28, 2017, 10:42 PM MDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2017, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
410
WFUS53 KGLD 290442
TORGLD
COC017-063-290515-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0027.170629T0442Z-170629T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1042 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado...
Southwestern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...
* Until 1115 PM MDT
* At 1042 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 12 miles north of Boyero, or 15 miles southwest
of Flagler, 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
northwestern Cheyenne and southwestern Kit Carson Counties in east
central Colorado.
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 3913 10316 3921 10315 3916 10297 3892 10307
3896 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 292DEG 20KT 3910 10323
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
Lockhart1 follow-up statement
122
WWUS53 KGLD 290457
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1057 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017
COC017-063-290515-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-170629T0515Z/
Cheyenne CO-Kit Carson CO-
1057 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...
At 1056 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northeast of Boyero, or 18 miles south of
Flagler, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Cheyenne and southwestern Kit Carson Counties in east
central Colorado.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3920 10315 3915 10297 3892 10307 3896 10316
3913 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 296DEG 16KT 3904 10314
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
LockhartThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 11:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 14 min |
| Jun 28, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 11:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 12:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 1:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 11 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 16 min |
| Jun 29, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 14 min |
| Jun 29, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 11 min |
| Jun 29, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 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.