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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1992, 4:51 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1992, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 212255 TORCOS COC039-073-212330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 451 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF AGATE AND LIMON... AT 450PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES 14 MILES NORTH OF LIMON ON THE ELBERT/LINCOLN COUNTY LINE AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF AGATE IN NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON COLORADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRU&N A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. GURNEY
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 21, 11:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-211830- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS 1115 AM MDT SUN JUN 21 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: A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION AND A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE ROCKIES THIS EVENING..ALL COMBINED WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY AND SPOTTER ACTjIVATION IS ANTICIPATED. DORSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 46 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.