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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2019, 4:44 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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, 2019, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2019, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:27 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGLD 262244
TORGLD
COC017-262315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.190526T2244Z-190526T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
444 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 444 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Chivington, or 22 miles southwest of
Cheyenne Wells, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size 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...
Cheyenne Wells, Arapahoe and Firstview.
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 136 and 153.
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 3861 10269 3887 10256 3886 10205 3861 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 205DEG 21KT 3856 10259
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
0242 follow-up statements
290
WWUS53 KGLD 262257
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
457 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019
COC017-262315-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190526T2315Z/
Cheyenne CO-
457 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
At 456 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles north of Brandon, or 14 miles southwest of
Cheyenne Wells, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne Wells, Arapahoe and Firstview.
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 136 and 153.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 10269 3887 10256 3886 10205 3861 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 213DEG 24KT 3864 10248
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
024761
WWUS53 KGLD 262314
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
514 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019
COC017-262324-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190526T2315Z/
Cheyenne CO-
514 PM MDT Sun May 26 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
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 Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for east central
Colorado.
LAT...LON 3861 10269 3887 10256 3886 10205 3861 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 205DEG 21KT 3873 10243
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:33 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
| May 26, 10:05 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Yuma | 115 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 17 min |
| May 26, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 23 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 96 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 25 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.