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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1992, 8:20 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1992, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kit Carson County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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
- 1461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 210222 TORCOS COC063-210315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 820 PM MDT SAT JUN 20 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 ...WESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF FLAGLER SEIBERT AND STRATTON COLORADO... AT 815PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES LOCATED ON THE KIT CARSON/WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE...20 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER COLORADO OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. 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, 5:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ001-004-210030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 535 PM MDT (635 PM CDT) SAT JUN 20 1992 AT 635 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST FRANCIS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLBY OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HOXIE. MOVEMENT WILL LIKELY BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PERSONS IN CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...THOMAS...DECATUR AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL UNTIL 730 PM CDT NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-210120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 620 PM MDT (720 PM CDT) SAT JUN 20 1992 AT 720 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND NEAR ST FRANCIS TO 70 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR GRAINFIELD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATWOOD...18 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND NEAR BREWSTER AND 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR OAKLEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PERSONS IN CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...LOGAN AND GOVE COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL UNTIL 815 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-210215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 715 PM MDT (815 PM CDT) SAT JUN 20 1992 AT 815 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 40 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND NEAR HALFORD TO 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR SCOTT CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GOODLAND AND 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR PAGE CITY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN SHERMAN...THOMAS...WALLACE...LOGAN AND GOVE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL UNTIL 915 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:16 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-210315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 815 PM MDT (915 PM CDT) SAT JUN 20 1992 AT 915 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR GOVE TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR LEOTI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN SHERMAN...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...WICHITA AND SCOTT COUNTIES OF KANSAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SOME HAIL UNTIL 1015 PM CDT. PAST HISTORY ON THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS THE CITY OF GOODLAND WAS VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH VISABILITY NEAR ZENRO...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND 1/2 INCH HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY........................WORKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 4:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Elbert | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.