Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Jul 8, 1988, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 1988, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
208 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
      WESTERN ELBERT

AT 204 PM MDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD 1 MILE WEST AND 3 MILES SOUTH OF KIOWA COLORADO.  THE
FUNNEL WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY SHELTER AWAY
FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER LOW AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.  REMEMBER...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER
60 MPH...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS.

IN HOMES GO TO THE BASEMENT OR INTO A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.  IN SCHOOLS
...HIGH RISES AND HOSPITALS GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GO TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH...GULLY OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

 REMEMBER  THAT A TORNADO WATCH AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN
 EFFECT FOR ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 9PM THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
145 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 1988

..STORMS INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS..

AT 130 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE INCREASE ONCE AGAIN OVER NORTHWEST
KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NORTON AND WESTERN PHILLIPS
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AROUND NOON CDT AND HAVE REMAINED VIRTUALLY
STATIONARY SINCE THAT TIME. WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SAME AREA
DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS..THE GROUND IS LIKELY SATURDATED AND HEAVY RAINS
WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF. PERSONS IN EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY...
ESPICALLY ALONG THE PRAIRE DOG CREEK...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS WERE IN SHERDIAN AND
TREGO COUNTIES..AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ELSEWHERE OVER A LARGE PART OF THE
AREA.

DORSEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
255 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 1988

..STORMS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 245 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER
EASTERN NORTON COUNTY..EASTERN DECATUR..AND OVER TREGO COUNTY. LITTLE OR
NO MOVEMENT WAS NOTED ON THESE STORMS SINCE 130PM CDT. AREAS OF LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLY..ESPECIALLY OVER NORTON COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED OVER ALREADY SATURDATED SURFACES. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED
AT THIS TIME..ALTHOUGH..WATER WAS REPORTED STANDING IN FIELDS NEAR ALMENA
IN NORTHEAST NORTON COUNTY@ AT ABOUT 145 PM CDT.

PERSONS IN AREAS OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE THREAT
OF FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

DORSEY

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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.