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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Goodland, KS

July 15, 1994Elbert County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1994, 1:59 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1994, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1994, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Elbert County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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 1994-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 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 1994-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-390 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jul 15, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan39 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace56 min
Jul 15, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan62 min
Jul 15, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove67 min
Jul 15, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita28 min
Jul 15, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas67 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.