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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 1992Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1992, 5:29 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 46 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, 1992, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 1992, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 5:53 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Elbert, 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 12:00Z, 11.5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOS 212332
TORCOS
COC039-220015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
529 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING          EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM MDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE TOWN OF AGATE
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES 14
MILES WEST OF AGATE WHICH IS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON COLORADO. THIS
THUNDERSTORM SHOWS LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT MAY BE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
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 OUTRUN 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

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, 4:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Elbert, Lincoln	39 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.