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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Goodland, KS

June 6, 1990Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 11:25 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln 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

Counties Elbert County, CO, 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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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..

 CROWLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert, Lincoln30 min
Jun 6, 8:08 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLincoln67 min
Jun 6, 8:52 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso68 min
Jun 6, 9:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert57 min
Jun 6, 9:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso57 min
Jun 6, 10:02 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert58 min
Jun 6, 10:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso, Lincoln66 min
Jun 6, 10:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert66 min
Jun 6, 11:25 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson65 min
Jun 6, 11:25 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso65 min
Jun 7, 12:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso, Lincoln57 min
Jun 7, 12:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.