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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1991, 7:11 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
- May 22, 1991, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1991, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:21 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Elbert, CO | |
| May 22, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Elbert, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 22, 4:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 402 AM MDT (502 AM CDT) WED MAY 22 1991 AT 455PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OR JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF COLBY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND..5 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-221230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 521 AM MDT (621 AM CDT) WED MAY 22 1991 AT 520PM MDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR ATWOOD. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF SHARON SPRINGS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVE0R NORTHEAST COLORADO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND CHEYENNE WELLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:42 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-230145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 642 PM MDT (742 PM CDT) WED MAY 22 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RAWLINGS COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 640PM MDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREIBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 68 min |
| May 22, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 68 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 29 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 22, 7:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 64 min |
| May 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 35 min |
| May 23, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 29 min |
| May 23, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 56 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Lincoln | 58 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.