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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS

May 5, 1995El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 6:23 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 5, 1995, 6:23 PM MDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1995, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 2:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:21 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
221 PM MDT (321 PM CDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

WSR-88D RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE CO COUNTIES...AND ANOTHER BATCH OF
PRECIPITATION NORTH OF GARDEN CITY. HOWEVER...LOW CLOUDS HAVE
REALLY TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON SURFACE HEATING. THUS...SIGNIFICANT
INSTABILITY NEVER REALLY OCCURRED. MID LEVEL DYNAMICS SHOULD
INCREASE OVER THE CWA TONIGHT...SO THINK HIGH POPS ARE IN ORDER
ESPECIALLY FOR EASTERN COLORADO. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVECT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...SO THINK MOS MINS
TONIGHT LOOK TOO COOL. SHOULD HAVE A RETURN OF LOW CLOUDS TONIGHT
GIVEN MOISTURE INFLUX AND UPSLOPE WINDS.

SATURDAY LOOKS INTERESTING AS WESTERN KANSAS GETS DRY SLOTTED AFTER
1ST VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVES NORTH. IF THIS OCCURS...AND ASSOCIATED
LOWS CLOUDS ERODE...SURFACE HEATING AND INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE
PRONOUNCED THAN TODAY. A DRY LINE IS ALSO PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON PROVIDING A FOCUSING BOUNDARY. CAPES AND
HELICITIES ALL POINT TO MORE ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY ACROSS THE
REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HILL CITY/NORTON/
GOVE AREAS.

GLD 47/68 73  HLC 49/69 57
CBK 48/69 64  MCK 48/68 57
TRB 48/68 73  5C0 46/68 93

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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.