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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2019Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2019, 11:01 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 14 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 27, 2019, 11:01 PM MDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2019, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
14 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 05:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 11:10 PM MDTHAIL 23 Ese Wray, COPUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK 2 INCH HAIL 3 MILES E AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF WRAY, CO. THEY ALSO REPORTED BROKEN TREE BRANCHES, BUT NO THICKNESS WAS GIVEN OF THE BRANCHES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2019-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2019-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

920 
WFUS53 KGLD 280501
TORGLD
COC125-280515-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.190528T0501Z-190528T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1101 PM MDT Mon May 27 2019

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 1115 PM MDT.
    
* At 1100 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Wray, moving northeast at 50 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...
  Wray, Laird and Alvin. 

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 236 and 249.
 
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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4034 10205 4006 10205 3997 10225 4006 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 229DEG 42KT 4007 10221 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Wekesser

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma56 min
May 27, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips8 min
May 27, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma33 min
May 27, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma35 min
May 27, 7:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma30 min
May 27, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma19 min
May 27, 9:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma14 min
May 27, 9:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma24 min
May 27, 10:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma36 min
May 27, 10:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma55 min
May 27, 11:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma32 min
May 27, 11:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma34 min
May 27, 11:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma44 min
May 28, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
May 28, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne44 min
May 28, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne41 min
May 28, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson35 min
May 28, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne54 min
May 28, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson30 min
May 28, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 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.