Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 6:27 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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 23, 2021, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 23, 12:06 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 3282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
819
WUUS53 KGLD 240027
SVRGLD
COC125-240115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0062.210524T0027Z-210524T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
627 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 627 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Eckley, or 14 miles northeast of Yuma, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Yuma County, including the following locations...
Alvin and Wauneta.
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 247 and 270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado...and southwestern Nebraska.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado...and southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4011 10205 4012 10264 4044 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 220DEG 35KT 4022 10247
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
0242 follow-up statements
100
WWUS53 KGLD 240047
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
647 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
COC125-240115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210524T0115Z/
Yuma CO-
647 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...
At 647 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Eckley, or 15 miles northwest of Wray, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Alvin and Wauneta.
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 251 and 270.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado...and southwestern Nebraska.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado...and southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4016 10205 4017 10251 4044 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 215DEG 42KT 4028 10235
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
024049
WWUS53 KGLD 240112
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
712 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
COC125-240122-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210524T0115Z/
Yuma CO-
712 PM MDT Sun May 23 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for northeastern
Colorado...and southwestern Nebraska.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4044 10205 4016 10205 4017 10251 4044 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 220DEG 35KT 4045 10216
$$
LockhartThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 39 min |
| May 23, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 50 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 50 min |
| May 23, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:07 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
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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.