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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1989, 2:44 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1989, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1989, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | El Paso, CO | |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | El Paso, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 162044
TORCOS
COC041-162145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
244 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
EL PASO
CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD OVER SKY SOX STADIUM...NORTHEAST COLORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.
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.
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
THE NEAREST DITCH...GULLY OR OTHER LOW SPOT OR SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
CROWLEYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 16, 1:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 122 PM MDT WED AUG 16 1989 STORM REPORT FOR AUG 15 1989...DELAYED REPORT...... 1547 MDT...SHERMAN COUNTY...8W GOODLAND HAIL 1 INCH. 1554 MDT...SWHERMAN COUNTY...10 SW GOODLAND HAIL 1 INCH. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 64 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.