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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1990, 4:19 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1990, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 112219
SVRCOS
COC073-112315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
419 PM MDT WED JUL 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
CENTRAL SOUTH LINCOLN
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
COLORADO MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF LIMON AT
415 PM MDT.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.
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.
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 WIND...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN 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, Jul 11, 3:46 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ002-005-112240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 445 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1990 AT 440 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS AND 40 MILES WEST OF HAYS KANSAS NEAR THE CEDAR BUFFS LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. IT THESE CONTINUE THIER MOVEMENT THEY SHOULD MOVE TO ABOUT SCOTT CITY NESS CITY LINE BY ABOUT 545 PM CDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:16 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ001-002-005-112210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 515 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #616 IS IN EFFECT FOR WALLACE..GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE 50 TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST..NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS. ONE STORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE COULD HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL. THE OTHER STORMS WERE NORTH OF SCOTT CITY AND NESS CITY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SCOTT CITY AND NESS CITY CAN EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR VICINITIES UNTIL AROUND 545 PM CDT THIS EVENING. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 59 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.