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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 1992Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1992-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson55 min
Jun 21, 2:27 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDEl Paso33 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDElbert46 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.