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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS

May 31, 1996Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1996, 4:06 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1996, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1996, 4:55 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1996-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 1996-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 31, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-312240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
238 PM MDT (338 PM CDT) FRI MAY 31 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS PLUS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT).  NA TORNADO WATCH MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM.

IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

MENTZER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita46 min
May 31, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan49 min
May 31, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita64 min
May 31, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan65 min
May 31, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove63 min
May 31, 5:54 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley61 min
May 30, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma61 min
May 30, 7:06 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma64 min
May 30, 10:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson47 min
May 30, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 min
May 31, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
May 30, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy46 min
May 31, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow61 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.