Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 6:57 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 6:57 PM MDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 24, 1:51 PM MDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 149 PM MDT (249 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 AT 145 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN THOMAS AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY OF KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR PAGE CITY IN NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND MAY APPROACH THE LOGAN-GOVE COUNTY BORDER HALF WAY BETWEEN RUSSELL SPRINGS AND THE CITY OF GOVE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...SO STAY CLOSE TO YOUR SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. VJN
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...
YUMA COUNTY...DUNDY COUNTY....HITCHCOCK COUNTY AND
RED WILLOW COUNTY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE AREA COVERED BY THIS WATCH HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH AND WINDS OF
58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER.
AT 235 PM MDT (335 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE
OAKLEY VICINITY AND 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY. MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR.
THOUGH NO WATCH HAS YET BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS COULD
BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 3:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-242145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE RED WILLOW COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 PM MDT (358 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...
YUMA COUNTY...DUNDY COUNTY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTY.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE AREA COVERED BY THIS WATCH HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH AND WINDS OF
58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER.
AT 235 PM MDT (335 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE
OAKLEY VICINITY AND 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY. MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR.
THOUGH NO WATCH HAS YET BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS COULD
BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDAT"ES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 4:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079-080-250000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
456 PM MDT (556 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES...
AT 455 PM MDT (555 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THAT
PART OF NORTHEAST COLORADO OR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDED IN
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS STILL
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH
AREA DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...SO THE WATCH WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT).
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WZEATHER
AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.
JACKSONSpecial weather statement, May 24, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079-080-250035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 536 PM MDT (636 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA... AT 530 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF YUMA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE 20 MILES NORTH OF YUMA BY 630 PM MDT. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS THUNDERSTORM IS VERY UNSTABLE...SO THE THUNDERSTORM DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN YUMA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN PARTICULARLY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. NORTHERN YUMA...DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES REMAIN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). THE KEY TO SEVERE WEATHER SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:55 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-250155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 653 PM MDT (753 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 650 PM MDT (750 PM CDT)...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN YUMA AND ECKLEY...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ECKLEY AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA. YUMA LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP TO 45 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE LAST HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YUMA AND DUNDY COUNTIES. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE PWATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 66 min |
| May 24, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 69 min |
| May 24, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 61 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.