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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Goodland, KS

June 12, 1994Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 2:55 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1994, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1994, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 352 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1812 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 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
1812 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 12, 11:00 AM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas67 min
Jun 11, 6:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins41 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas30 min
Jun 11, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan68 min
Jun 11, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace62 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan58 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.