Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Goodland, KS

June 10, 1991El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1991, 3:55 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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 10, 1991, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1991, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:25 PM MDTHail 0.75El 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

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso, Teller46 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso, Teller36 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert36 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.