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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 1992Lincoln County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson30 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson35 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.