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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS

August 24, 1994Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1994, 2:15 PM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 1994, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1994, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Carson/Butt, CO at 12:00Z on 1994-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 242016 RRA
SVRCOS
COC039-073-242115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
215 PM MDT WED AUG 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM MDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 215 PM MDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD FROM NORTH CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY INTO
NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF AGATE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIMON. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACOSS IH-70 IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES AND INTO NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY
JUST NORTH OF LIMON IN THE HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE JHAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert41 min
Aug 24, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEl Paso49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.