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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS

August 6, 1993Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 1993, 5:11 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1993, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1993, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1993-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1993-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 062312
TORCOS
COC039-062345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
511 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY
 
AT 507 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN DENVER REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MATHESON MOVING TOWARD THE
COMMUNITY OF MATHESON AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN MATHESON
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
THIS STORM IS ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF LIMON...BUT IS STILL
ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OF LIMON.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 452 PM.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert38 min
Aug 6, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso38 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.