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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 1995Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 5:28 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 042331 RRA
SVRGLD
COC125-050030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
528 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT (730 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

   ...SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY GOODLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
KIRK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
  KIRK                        BY 602 PM MDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

BOYLE

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 Jun 4, 2:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
224 PM MDT (324 PM CDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE CWA...WILL GO WITH CURRENT FORECASTS.

TURNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
COZ091-092-042115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 210 PM MDT...WHILE NO PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED OVER CHEYENNE
AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 541 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED
IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS.

TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
COZ091-092-042115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 210 PM MDT...WHILE NO PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED OVER CHEYENNE
AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 541 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THI
S EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED
IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS.

TURNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma60 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.