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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 10, 1991El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1991, 3:09 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1991, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 3:17 PM MDTHail 1El 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, 9.2 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOS 102109
TORCOS
COC119-041-039-102145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
309 PM MDT MON JUN 10 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO
      NORTHERN TELLER...NORTHERN EL PASO...WESTERN ELBERT

PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...ELIZABETH AND ELBERT.

REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS A MILE NORTH OF PALMER LAKE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

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 TO SAFE SHELTER.

 GURNEY

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 WarningGLDElbert36 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert65 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso65 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.