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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 8:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 9:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 10:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 10:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 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.