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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 5:28 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 26, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
043
WFUS53 KGLD 262328
TORGLD
COC125-270000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0008.170526T2328Z-170527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
528 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT
* At 527 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Cope, or 24 miles south of Yuma,
moving east 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Joes.
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 3986 10280 3981 10259 3968 10259 3964 10264
3968 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 289DEG 20KT 3980 10287
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
279
WWUS53 KGLD 262346
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
546 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
COC125-270000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170527T0000Z/
Yuma CO-
546 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
At 545 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Cope, or 24 miles south of Yuma,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Joes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3986 10280 3981 10259 3968 10259 3964 10264
3968 10280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 289DEG 20KT 3977 10274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 60 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 34 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.