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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1994, 8:30 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1994, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1994, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kit Carson County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 060234 RRA TORGLD COC063-060330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 830 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AT 828 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF SEIBERT OR 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LIMON AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER RURAL AREAS OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER AND TRY TO NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JENNER
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 Oct 5, 7:46 PM MDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 7:46 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 745 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) WED OCT 5 1994 RECOMMENDATIONS: E CEN CO...WND SHFT TO NW SHOULD PRBLY BE DELAYED TIL 2ND PD. WITH DELAY IN CAA...TEMPS ALSO NEED TO BROUGHT UP SEVERAL CATAGORIES. XTRM SW NEB...POPS MAY NEED TO BE LOWERED TO 20-30 PCT 2ND PD. ELSW...GOING PACKAGE LOOKS FINE. DISCUSSION: CRNT SVR WX TO OUR W AND EWD MOVEMENT OF THE AREA SEEM TO CONFIRM STORMY FCST FOR CWA. EFFECTS OF CLD POOL AND JET STREAK JUST NOW BGNG TO BE FELT ACRS ERN CO. HELECITY VALUES FM WSR-88D VWP NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE YET...BUT WITH MID LVL WNDS PROGD TO INCR THRU THE EVE...POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION SHOULD ALSO INCR. THE FASTER NGM...AT LEAST IN SHRT TERM...DOES NOT BRING WND SHFT INTO WRN CWA TIL THE DAY THU. SUGGEST POSTPONING WND SHIFT CO ZNS TIL THEN. THE DELAY IN CAA SHOULD KEEP LOWS CLOSER TO FWC. THOUGH SOME LAGGING 700 MB MOISTURE AS INDCD BY 12Z NGM/ETA GRIDDED DATA TM SECTIONS AND COLD POOL IN PLACE...FEEL HI POPS FOR XTRM SW NEB FOR THU MAY BE OVERDONE GVN ETA/AVN PLACEMENT OF 500 MB AND SFC LOW WELL TO NE. SOME CAA INSTBY SHWRS PSBL THOUGH AND FAVOR 20-30 PCT POPS. GLD 57/65 62 HLC 60/72 63 CBK 58/66 62 MCK 58/69 63 TRB 58/66 72 5C0 55/63 72 BARKER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
COZ090>092-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 354 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON AND YUMA COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AT 350 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE WEATHER OVER OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH RADAR DOES INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO EXTENDING 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. AT THIS TIME THEY ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO OUR WARNING AREA BY 6 PM MDT. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS AR"E EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. JENNER
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
COZ090>092-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 456 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM... AT 450 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON...OR YUMA COUNTIES OF EASTERN COLORADO. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE EASTWARD TO NEAR LIMON. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING. THOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS... CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES THIS EVENING. DIME SIZE OR LARGER HAIL...WIND GUSTS ABOVE 55 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
COZ090>092-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 456 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM... AT 450 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON...OR YUMA COUNTIES OF EASTERN COLORADO. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE EASTWARD TO NEAR LIMON. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING. THOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS... CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES THIS EVENING. DIME SIZE OR LARGER HAIL...WIND GUSTS ABOVE 55 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
COZ090>092-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 559 PM MDT (659 PM CDT) WED OCT 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT. AT 555 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREAS. RADAR DOES INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LIMON EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST COLORADO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. JENNER
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
COZ090>092-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 658 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM... AT 650 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NO PRECIPITATION OVER CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON...OR YUMA COUNTIES OF EASTERN COLORADO. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AKRON TO LIMON TO ROCKY FORD. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WHILE THE AREA MOVED SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE FLAGLER AND WILD HORSE AREA BY 8 PM. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. BARKER
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 7:56 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
COZ090>092-060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 756 PM MDT WED OCT 5 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AT 750 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KIT CARSON...LINCOLN COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER. VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND WINDS WITH GUST UP TO 50 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ON THIS PATH IT WILL MOVE OVER SIEBERT BY 815 PM MDT. 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. JENNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 29 min |
| Oct 5, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 56 min |
| Oct 5, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 min |
| Oct 5, 9:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Oct 5, 9:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 9:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 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.