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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

June 7, 1992Cheyenne County, Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 9:18 PM MDTHail 1.5Cheyenne, CO
Jun 7, 9:20 PM MDTTornado F0Cheyenne, CO
Jun 7, 9:23 PM MDTTornado F1Cheyenne, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
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

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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

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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.