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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1994, 4:34 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 4:34 PM MDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Carson/Butt, CO (KFCS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 KCOS 022236 TORCOS COC039-022300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 434 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY AT 434 PM MDT... DOPPLER RADAR IN DENVER INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH IN ELBERT COUNTY OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR ELIZABETH. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AND HOUR. 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. &
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 Aug 2, 2:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 220 PM MDT (320 PM CDT) TUE AUG 2 1994 RECOMMENDATIONS: TOP...OMA...DEN...RCMD MOSTLY SNY SKIES AND NO MENTION OF TSTM POPS ON WED FOR ALL OF THE CWA W OF NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. DISCUSSION: SUPPLEMENTAL OBS SHO NLY WNDS OVR THE WRN PTN OF THE CWA AND EASTERLY WNDS IN THE E. THE BNDRY SEPERATING THESE DIRECTIONS HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF BACKING UP TWD GLD. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY MOANS WHICH HAS ALSO INDCD A GD AREA OF MOISTURE FLUX CNVGNCE SLWLY MOVING W TWD THE CO BDR. AS A RESULT ...FEEL RELUCTANT TO ASK FOR MANY CHGS ON PD 1 ATTM DESPITE THE SHRT RANGE GUIDANCE WKNG THE SHRT WV OVR THE AREA. NGM SEEMS TO BE THE BEST MODEL OF CHOICE FOR OUR CWA DUE TO ITS GREATER DETAIL OF SHRT WV FEATURES AND ITS NOT BAD HANDLING OF YDAS FEATURES. WITH THIS IN MIND...FEEL THAT WE CAN DROP THE MENTION OF TSTMS W OF THE WRN NORTON-GRAHAM COUNTY LN ON WED AS THE GRIDDED DATA INDCS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR OVR MOST OF THE CWA DURG THIS PD. E OF THE LN...RCMD KEEPING PTLY SNY SKIES AND A 20 PCT CHC OF TSTMS. GLD 60/85 41 HLC 65/88 52 CBK 62/86 51 MCK 63/87 51 TRB 61/86 51 5C0 59/85 41 VJN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:37 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-030315- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1037 AM MDT (1137 AM CDT) TUE AUG 2 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: MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL LIKELY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE ADVENT OF SOME SUNSHINE AND THE ARRIVAL OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. AS A RESULT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VJN
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 143 PM MDT (243 PM CDT) TUE AUG 2 1994 ...A NEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED OVER NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY OF KANSAS... AT 140 PM MDT (240 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEW THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODRUFF AND LONG ISLAND IN NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF PHILLIPS COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SHORTLY FORM OR MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EASTERN COLORADO. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OR PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH POSSIBLE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. 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. VJN
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) TUE AUG 2 1994 AT 240 PM MDT (340 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST PHILLIPS COUNTY EXPANDING WESTWARD INTO NORTHEAST NORTON COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WERE ALSO CROSSING OVER THE NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY LINE. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE PARTICULARLY STRONG BUT STILL MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS VERY SLOW TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SHORTLY FORM OR MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EASTERN COLORADO. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ALSO... DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. 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. VJN
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:41 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-022255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 341 PM MDT (441 PM CDT) TUE AUG 2 1994 AT 335 PM MDT (445 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHWEST KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF COLORADO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR VERNON IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO AS WELL AS NEAR STRATTON IN HITCHCOCK COUNTY NEBRASKA AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY NEAR THE SOUTH WICHITA COUNTY BORDER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OR SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE REGION. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IF URBAN OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. VJN
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:44 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-022255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 341 PM MDT (441 PM CDT) TUE AUG 2 1994 AT 335 PM MDT (435 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHWEST KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF COLORADO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR VERNON IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO AS WELL AS NEAR STRATTON IN HITCHCOCK COUNTY NEBRASKA AND OVER OPEN COUNTRY NEAR THE SOUTH WICHITA COUNTY BORDER. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OR SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE REGION. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IF URBAN OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. VJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 61 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.