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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Goodland, KS

July 13, 1994Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 7:12 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 52 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1994, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1994, 8:04 PM MDT
In force
52 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, 1.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 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 00:00Z on 1994-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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