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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Goodland, KS

May 31, 1993El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 5:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 58 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 31, 1993, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1993, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1993-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-268 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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