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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS

June 10, 1991Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1991, 3:09 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

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

County Elbert County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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

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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.