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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 11:25 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 11:25 PM MDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 65 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 00:00Z, 5.4 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOS 070525
TORCOS
COC073-063-041-039-070630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1125 PM MDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
NORTHERN LINCOLN...EL PASO...NORTHERN ELBERT...
IN THE EXTREME EAST PART OF COLORADO
SOUTHWEST KIT CARSON...
RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO ROTATION
IN SOME OF THE STORMS OVER NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY...NORTHERN LIN-
COLN COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...SOUTHWEST KIT CARSON
COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER...AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLO-
RADO SPRINGS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO.
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.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND ARE ALL
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAIN AND DAMAGING TORNADO WINDS..
CROWLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 8:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 8:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 9:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 9:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 10:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 57 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.