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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 16, 1995Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 8:38 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 9:25 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 170240
TORGLD
COC017-170325-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
838 PM MDT TUE MAY 16 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 925 PM MDT (1025 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

   ...SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO
 
AT 836 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY GOODLAND DOPPLER
RADAR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE
TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

BOYLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
May 16, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne65 min

Nearby

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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.