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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

June 5, 1992Kit Carson County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 3:10 PM MDTTornado F1Kit 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLincoln30 min
Jun 5, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson30 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.