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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1994, 8:11 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 8:11 PM MDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 8:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 260211 TORGLD COC017-260315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 811 PM MDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY 807 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 12 MILES NORTH OF WILD HORSE...33 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LIMON...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO SHOULD BE AT KIT CARSON BY 845 PM MDT. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. 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. GAHAGAN &
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 Jul 25, 7:56 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:56 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 756 PM MDT (856 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 RECOMMENDATIONS... MAY NEED TO ADJUST POPS BASED ON PRECIP AT TIME OF ISSUANCE...OTHERWISE PACKAGES LOOK REASONABLE. DISCUSSION: COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS HAVE SHIFTED INITIATION MECHNISM FROM HEATING TO DYNAMICS AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS CONVECTION. THIS SHOULD ALLOW PRECIP TO LINGER OVERNIGHT. VORT MAX OVER WYOMING OBSERVABLE EVEN IN VISIBLE IMAGERY AND IS IN BEST AGREEMENT WITH NGM. LATEST MOANS ANALYSIS INDICATES AXIS OF MOISTURE CNVRGNC FM ALG AKO-LIC-GLD-LBF LINE. HIGHEST SFC THETA-E CNTRL KIT CARSON CTY AND NRN CHEYENNE CTY WITH RDG EXTENDING SE AND NNE FM THERE. APPEARS WRN HALF OF AREA LIKELY TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS NEXT FEW HOURS AND ERN HALF LOOKS A GOOD BET. WLD INCRS POPS ACCORDINGLY. GLD 59/77 94 HLC 62/80 65 CBK 61/77 94 MCK 59/80 72 TRB 62/78 84 5C0 60/77 +5 BARKER/JACKSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-260115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 613 PM MDT (713 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT) GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM A LINE DRAWN FROM WRAY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA IN COLORADO. THIS AREA WAS ADVANCING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAGLER AND 10 MILES NORTH OF FIRST VIEW. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN EASTERN COLORADO. FLAGLER AND CHEYENNE WELLS CAN EXPECT A THUNDERSTORM BY 7 PM MDT. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO DUNDY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TIP OF KANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-260115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED LAST PAR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 627 PM MDT (727 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT) GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM A LINE DRAWN FROM WRAY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA IN COLORADO. THIS AREA WAS ADVANCING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAGLER AND 10 MILES NORTH OF FIRST VIEW. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN EASTERN COLORADO. FLAGLER AND CHEYENNE WELLS CAN EXPECT A THUNDERSTORM BY 7 PM MDT. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO DUNDY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TIP OF KANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-260205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 705 PM MDT (805 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 700 PM MDT (800 PM CDT) RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF STRATTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BURLINGTON AREA AROUND 720 PM MDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER IN COLORADO. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY TRACK INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS IN THE NEXT HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. JACKSON
Local storm report, Jul 25, 7:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 708 PM MDT (808 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 FOR EVENTS OCCURRING JULY 25, 1994 COLORADO REPORTS: COUNTY LOCATION TIME-MDT REPORT KIT CARSON VONA 630 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL KIT CARSON STRATTON 648 PM 1.00 INCH HAIL JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:50 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-260255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 750 PM MDT (850 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 750 PM MDT (850 PM CDT) THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATWOOD. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR KANORADO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN GOODLAND...ST FRANCIS AND BENKELMAN. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF A SEVERE STORM CONTINUES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:04 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-260305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 804 PM MDT (904 PM CDT) MON JUL 25 1994 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 8 PM MDT (9 PM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR GOODLAND. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY STAY JUST SOUTH OF A GOODLAND TO COLBY LINE THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). DESPITE THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM...AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE ALSO BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING FREQUENT...VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 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.