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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS

June 8, 1994Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1994, 6:37 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1994, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1994, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Yuma County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 090038
TORGLD
COC125-090145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
637 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN YUMA COUNTY
 
AT 632 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9
MILES WEST OF WRAY...OR 40 MILES EAST OF AKRON. THE STORM PRODUCING THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS U.S.
HIGHWAY 385...3 MILES SOUTH OF WRAY AROUND 700 PM MDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDI*NG. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 8, 5:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
506 PM MDT (606 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
   6 PM MDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...
   SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT
   CDT)...

AT 5 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 18 MILES NORTH OF YUMA COLORADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES
NORTH OF YUMA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM MDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES...ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS INTO LATE EVENING. FOR THIS
REASON A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
          YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
          DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
          CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...SHERMAN AND THOMAS

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE T*O SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma56 min
Jun 8, 7:44 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma61 min
Jun 8, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLincoln56 min
Jun 8, 8:12 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLincoln48 min
Jun 8, 8:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma58 min
Jun 8, 8:50 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson55 min
Jun 8, 9:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson63 min
Jun 8, 10:39 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLincoln51 min
Jun 8, 10:50 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne55 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.