Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1990, 5:51 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 69 min. 3 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
- Jun 9, 1990, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | El Paso, CO | |
| Jun 9, 6:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | El Paso, CO | |
| Jun 9, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 092351
TORCOS
COC041-100100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
551 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
EL PASO
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
FOUNTAIN AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL WITH THIS STORM
AS WELL. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS ALSO NOTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT
MOVES NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
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.
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.
CROWLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 67 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.