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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2017, 3:39 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado; Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2017, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 3.0 in
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
502
WFUS53 KGLD 252139
TORGLD
COC125-KSC023-252215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0005.170525T2139Z-170525T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
339 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 415 PM MDT/515 PM CDT/
* At 339 PM MDT/439 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was located 5 miles northeast of Bonny
Reservoir, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to three 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Bonny Reservoir and Hale.
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 3976 10187 3957 10192 3957 10202 3961 10225
3977 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 278DEG 28KT 3968 10212
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN
$$
TL/DR1 follow-up statement
326
WWUS53 KGLD 252214
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
414 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2017
COC125-KSC023-252223-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170525T2215Z/
Yuma CO-Cheyenne KS-
414 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT/515 PM CDT/...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT/1000
PM CDT/ for northeastern Colorado...and northwestern Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Cheyenne county, Kansas.
LAT...LON 3976 10187 3957 10192 3957 10202 3961 10225
3977 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 278DEG 28KT 3964 10180
$$
TL/DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 52 min |
| May 25, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 14 min |
| May 25, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 16 min |
| May 25, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 42 min |
| May 25, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 22 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 24 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 34 min |
| May 25, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 19 min |
| May 25, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 17 min |
| May 25, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.