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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1992, 4:07 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 68 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 20, 1992, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:15 PM MDT | Hail 2 | El Paso, CO | |
| Jun 20, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | El Paso, CO | |
| Jun 20, 5:10 PM MDT | Hail 1 | El Paso, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 202209 RRA TORCOS COC041-202315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 407 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST...AND MONUMENT A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED BY THE FOREST SERVICE NEAR RAMPART RESERVOIR WHICH IS 5 MILES EAST OF WOODLAND PARK OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN NORTH COLORADO SPRINGS. 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 LOWESTv FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GURNEY
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 20, 11:42 AM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-201900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS 1140 AM MST SAT JUN 20 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: LOTS OF MOISTURE IS PRESENT TODAY OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. OTHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED. DORSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 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.