Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1994, 4:50 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 5:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 202250 TORGLD COC125-202350- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 450 PM MDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AT 450 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO DEVELOPING 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA OR 21 MILES EAST OF AKRON MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS NORTH OF YUMA THROUGH 550 PM MDT. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING \ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS JACKSON
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.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 20, 2:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) MON JUN 20 1994 RECOMMENDATIONS... E CENT COLO...RECOMMEND 85 TO 90 FOR TUES HIGHS. REST OF CURRENT PACKAGES LOOK GOOD. DISCUSSION... WTR VAPOR IMAGERY INDCD A WK SHRT WV OVR THE CNTRL ROCKIES AT 12Z. THE NGM MODELS INTLZD THIS FEATURE BTR THAN THE OTR TWO MODELS ALTHOUGH ALL ARE QUITE SIMILAR THRU THE PD OF CONCERN. VORT MAX OVR CNTRL ROCKIES HELPING TO TRIGGER TRW OVR WRN NE ATTM. THE VORT MAX APPRS TO BE MOVING SLOWER THAN PROGD BY NGM AS INDCD BY AREA PROFILERS. PC GRIDDED DATA INDCD BEST LFT FM THE VORT MAX TO OCR THIS EVE BUT THIS SHOULD BE DELAYED A FEW HRS. TROF EXTENDING ACRS CWA FOCUSING TRW ACTVTY ERL THIS AFTN OVR THE AREA. XPC THIS ACTVTY TO CONT TO MOVE E AS TROF AND COLD FNT TO THE NW PUSH INTO THE RGN. CNVTV ACTVTY OVR WRN NE TO PUSH FNT THRU SW NE A PORTIONS OF NE COLO AND POSSIBLY INTO THE NRN PORTIONS OF NW KS. THIS TO PRODUCE XPCD WND SHIFT AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS OVR EXTRM NRN SECTIONS OF CWA OVNGT. CRNT FCSTS HANDLE THIS SITUATION WELL. FNT TO MOVE NE OUT OF THE RGN ON TUE AS AREA OF LOW PRES DVLPS OVR THE NRN HI PLNS. RFC GRIDDED DATA INDCD THAT 850 MB TEMPS TO BE ABT THE SAME AS TDA...BUT AN INCR IN CLD CVR TO PRVD THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPS AS READINGS TO BE A CTGY LWR THAN TDA OVR THE W. ERN SECTIONS OF AREA TO AGN BE WRM AND HUMID. TEMPS TO VARY FM 85 TO 90 OVR ERN COLO TO THE MID 90S OVR FAR ERN ZNS. ANOTHER WK VORT MAX TO MOVE INTO RGN LT TUE AFTN PRODUCING ANOTHER CHC OF PRECIP WITH MOST LKLY AREAS TO SEE TRW ACTVTY OVR SW NE AND ERN COLO. GLD 62/91 33 HLC 67/96 22 CBK 63/91 33 MCK 59/89 33 TRB 61/92 22 5C0 60/89 44 TURNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:02 AM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-202305- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1100 AM MDT (1200 PM CDT) MON JUN 20 1994 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS PHILLIPS KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE ROOKS KS SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SYNOPSIS: WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY EXCEED SEVERE LEVELS...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
COZ090>092-202035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 131 PM MDT MON JUN 20 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN DEVELOPING OVER KIT CARSON AND YUMA COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO... AT 130 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS WERE DEVELOPING ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON COLORADO AND JUST NORTH OF IDALIA IN YUMA COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-202140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 240 PM MDT (340 PM CDT) MON JUN 20 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER AND IN YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN COLORADO.. AT 230 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED MODERATE RAINS WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF BURLINGTON TO SOUTHEAST OF WRAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO DUNDY COUNTY WEST OF BENKELMAN NEBRASKA BY 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT). ANOTHER STORM WAS ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND IN CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS. FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO. 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. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-202240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 336 PM MDT (436 PM CDT) MON JUN 20 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN LATER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR GUSTS OR HAIL WILL BE IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO...CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS...AND DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA. THE STORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD ALSO BE SLOW MOVING. THIS MEANS THERE MIGHT BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS A STORM CENTER PASSES BY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION A,ND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. KWIATKOWSKI
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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.