Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1990, 7:37 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1990, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 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 090138
SVRCOS
COC017-090245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
737 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
...CHEYENNE
AT 635 RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH
OF WILD HORSE IN WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST
AT 35 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What 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 8, 6:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 610 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO IS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS ARE 50 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND WITH THE STRONGEST CENTER WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF JOES. THE STORMS SHOULD ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 7PM AND IN THE GOODLAND AND ST FRANCIS AREAS BETWEEN 730 AND 8PM MDT. STRON;G GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:57 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 755 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 715PM MDT. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER STORM CENTERS. THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:02 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ001-002-090210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT .....CORRECTION TO TIME..... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 655 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. THE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 715PM MDT. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KANSAS...COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. LOTS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER STORM CENTERS. THE STRONG STORM CENTERS WILL ARRIVE IN GOODLAND BETWEEN 715 AND 730. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 8, 7:28 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-090230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 725 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #202 FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 1AM MDT... A GUST FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. A 52 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT AT 721PM MDT. THE GUST FRONT WILL BE IN THE ATWOOD...COLBY...ANDC SHARON SPRINGS AREAS BY 8PM MDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND AT 7PM MDT. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 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.