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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 1992Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:00 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 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 Kit Carson County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 2:40 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Kit Carson, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

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	Lincoln	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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.