Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 8:44 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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 7, 1992, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:18 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Cheyenne, CO | |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Cheyenne, CO | |
| Jun 7, 9:23 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Cheyenne, 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 080246 TORCOS COC017-080315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 844 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...EAST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY AT 842 PM..THE CHEYENNE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 4 MILES EAST OF EHEYENNE WELLS AND ANOTHER 4 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY T:OSSED 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.
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 7, 6:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ001-080145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 649 PM MDT (749 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 AT 642 PM MDT..RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THESE ARE VERY INTENSE STORMS AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT..THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF CHEYENNE COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS BY 815 PM CDT. PERSON IN CHEYENNE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANAGING WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. DORSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:50 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 750 PM MDT (850 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR 9 NORTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES TILL 11PM MDT. THE COUNTIES ARE WEST OF A LINE FROM ATWOOD TO SCOTT CITY. AT 750PM MDT RADAR INDICATES THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINE EXTENDS FROM HAIGLER NEBRASKA TO BURLINGTON COLORADO AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO. THIS IS 45 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 30 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST FRANCIS AND KANARADO AREAS BY 815PM MDT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORNGER STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:09 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ001-002-080315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 809 PM MDT (909 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR 9 NORTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ATWOOD TO SCOTT CITY TILL 11PM MDT. AT 810PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 20 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND OR BETWEEN BURLINGTON AND KANARADO NORTHEAST TO THE ST FRANCIS AREA. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM CENTERS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS IN THE 45 MPH RANGE AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE STORMS WINLL MOVE INTO THE WHEELER AND RULETON AREAS BETWEEN 815 AND 830PM MDT. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:34 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ001-002-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 835 PM MDT (935 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR 9 NORTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ATWOOD TO SCOTT CITY TILL 11PM MDT. AT 835PM MDT RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING SOUTHEAST 35MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MC DONALD AND GOODLAND AREAS BETWEEN 840 AND 850PM MDT. REPORTS FROM ST FRANCIS...PORT OF ENTRY...AND SHERMAN COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTY TO 45 MPH. MYERS
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.