Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.