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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2017, 5:56 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 26, 2017, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 E Joes, CO | STORM CHASER MEASURED HAIL OF 1.25 INCH DIAMETER. |
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 26, 1:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
093
WFUS53 KGLD 262356
TORGLD
COC125-270030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.170526T2356Z-170527T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
556 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 630 PM MDT
* At 556 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Cope, or 28 miles north of Stratton,
moving east at 30 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 and Kirk.
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 3964 10278 3979 10272 3971 10239 3958 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 289DEG 28KT 3971 10270
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN2 follow-up statements
201
WWUS53 KGLD 270011
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
611 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
COC125-270030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170527T0030Z/
Yuma CO-
611 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
At 611 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles east of Cope, or 21 miles west of Bonny
Reservoir, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Joes and Kirk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3964 10278 3979 10272 3971 10239 3958 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 289DEG 28KT 3967 10255
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN250
WWUS53 KGLD 270014
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
614 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
COC125-270030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170527T0030Z/
Yuma CO-
614 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY...
At 614 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles east of Cope, or 21 miles west of Bonny
Reservoir, moving east at 30 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 and Kirk.
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 3963 10270 3977 10267 3971 10239 3958 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 289DEG 28KT 3967 10256
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, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 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.