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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 1994Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 4:59 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1994, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1994, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1994-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 1994-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-503 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Phillips, Rooks58 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLincoln50 min
Jul 2, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.