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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:00 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1992, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 052003 TORCOS COC063-073-052030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 200 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 155PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH- EAST OF ARRIBA IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...LIMON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 TO 15 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LIMON NEAR THE TOWN OF ARRIBA MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. CROWLEY
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, Jun 5, 10:01 AM MDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-061800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS 1000 AM MST FRI JUN 5 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS: CHEYENNE RAWLINS SCOTT LANE NESS RUSH SHERMAN THOMAS DECATUR NORTON PHILLIPS WALLACE LOGAN SHERIDAN GRAHAM ROOKS GREELEY WICHITA GOVE TREGO ELLIS SYNOPSIS: SOUTH WINDS PUMPING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST WILL PROVIDE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. WORKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 2:55 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.