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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 1991Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1991, 6:08 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 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 21, 1991, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1991, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 6:46 PM MDTHail 1Elbert, 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, 0.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1991-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1991-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 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 21, 6:08 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso67 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso66 min
Jun 22, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne58 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.