Tornado Warning 45, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Jun 9, 1994, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 1994, 8:45 PM MDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Lincoln County, CO

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TTAA00 KCOS 100216 RRA
TORCOS
COC073-100245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO
816 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM MDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
 
   ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 814 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR GENOA OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD
THE COUMMUNITY OF GENOA AT 25 MILES AN HOUR TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH 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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 

In the hours before

COZ090>092-100155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
653 PM MDT THU JUN 9 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
UNTIL 11 PM MDT...

THE SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

AT 650 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER
CURRENTLY IN KIT CARSON OR CHEYENNE COUNTY.  HOWEVER...A SEVERE STORM
WAS OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE FLAGLER AREA BY 8 PM MDT AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THESE COUNTIES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.

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 TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING.  YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUhSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

BARKER

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