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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:55 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 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, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 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, 3:10 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | 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, 8.9 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 052058 TORCOS COC063-052130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 255 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...KIT CARSON COUNTY AT 255PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF SEIBERT IN KIT CARSON COUNTY. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKB]ENCH 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.
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, 4 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:01 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 159 PM MDT (259 PM CDT) FRI JUN 5 1992 TORNADO WATCH #297 FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS TILL 7PM MDT. AT 3PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER BETWEEN NORTON AND OBERLIN. THIS IS 70 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTON AND SEBELIUS RESERVOIR AREAS BY 330PM CDT. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER 30-40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND IN THE IDALIA AREA OF COLORADO. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST 30 MPH WITH THE STORMS MOVING INTO CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 330PM CDT. THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS HAVE HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS TO 45MPH AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE. NO HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AS YET. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:34 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 234 PM MDT (334 PM CDT) FRI JUN 5 1992 TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS TILL 9PM MDT. AT 330PM CDT LARGE THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG IN THE NORTON-SEBELIUS RESERVOIR AREAS ARE MOVING EAST 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PHILLIPS COUNTY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM CDT. LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND BETWEEN GOODLAND AND ST FRANCIS. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE GOODLAND AND MCDONALD AREAS BY 330PM MDT. THE STRONGER STORM CENTERS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR 1 MILE AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND WITH A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT YOU SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER. MYERS
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, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
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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.