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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1989, 5:08 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1989, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1989, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOS 212308
SVRCOS
COC073-063-220015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
508 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
NORTHEAST LINCOLN...
IN THE EXTREME EAST PART OF COLORADO
WESTERN KIT CARSON...
RADAR INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST LINCOLN AND
WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES OF COLORADO MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF GENOA IN
LINCOLN COUNTY...2 MILES WEST OF FLAGLER IN KIT CARSON COUNTY
AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
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...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
HUBERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:04 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 5 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 1989 A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN COLORADO SINCE 330 PM MDT. THESE STORM ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY 6 PM MDT..MAINLY IN WALLACE AND GREELEY COUNTIES FIRST. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO MORE FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDqERSTORMS AND PERSONS IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENT OR POSSIBLY WARNING. DORSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 67 min |
| May 21, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 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.