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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1994, 8:12 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 8:12 PM MDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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.
- 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 KCOS 090212 TORCOS COC073-090300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 812 PM MDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 810 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE WASHINGTON/LINCOLN COUNTY LINE. THE STORM IS JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF SHAW OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIMON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKB:ENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
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, 3 hours 5 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.Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 649 PM MDT (749 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 645 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING OVER PARTS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM HAGLER NEBRASKA TO MCCOOK NEBRASKA AND THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. AT THIS TIME VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND FAIRLY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM MDT (9 PM CDT). JENNER IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
709 PM MDT (809 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994
COUNTY LOCATION TIME-MDT REPORT
COLORADO
YUMA 10 N YUMA 1718 SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
TORNADO ON GROUND
YUMA 2 NE YUMA 1751 SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND
YUMA 3 NW ECKLEY 1808 SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
TORNADO ON GROUND -
TRAFFIC STOPPED ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 34 TO
ALLOW PASSAGE
YUMA 2 W WRAY 1820 TORNADO REPORTED BY
RADIO STATION
BARKERLocal storm report, Jun 8, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
709 PM MDT (809 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994
COUNTY LOCATION TIME-MDT REPORT
COLORADO
YUMA 10 N YUMA 1718 SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
TORNADO ON GROUND
YUMA 2 NE YUMA 1751 SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND
YUMA 3 NW ECKLEY 1808 SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
TORNADO ON GROUND -
TRAFFIC STOPPED ALONG
U.S. HIGHWAY 34 TO
ALLOW PASSAGE
YUMA 2 W WRAY 1820 TORNADO REPORTED BY
RADIO STATION
BARKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 68 min |
| 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, 8:47 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 |
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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.