Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 3:31 PM MDT for Cheyenne 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 24, 1997, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1997, 4:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 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 21:30 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, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482 WUUS1 KGLD 242132 RRA SVRGLD COC017-242220- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 331 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 420 PM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED FIRST VIEW AROUND 353 PM MDT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIT CARSON AROUND 356 PM MDT * AT 330 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS OR 6 MILES WEST OF FIRST VIEW MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VOJTESAK
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 24, 1:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 139 PM MDT (239 PM CDT) SAT MAY 24 1997 ...MAIN FCST CHALLENGE THIS CYCLE IS TIMING OF PCPN TONIGHT AND TEMP PATTERN IN/OUT OF PCPN AND CLOUDS... MODELS ALL SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT FOR A COOL...WET AND CLOUDY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TIMING OF FIRST S/W TONITE AND ITS LINGERING EFFECTS ON SUNDAY IS CRUCIAL TO FIRST/SECOND PERIOD TEMPS. ONE OR MORE TSRA CLUSTERS LOOK TO FIRE BETWEEN PUB/LAA/AKO AND FCL THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EWD THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THIS FORECAST AREA. A MCS COULD FORM BY THE LOOKS OF THE THKNS DIFFLUENCE PATTERNS IN THE NGM/ETA AND SPREAD PCPN NEWD THROUGH 15Z SUNDAY. HAVE UPPED POPS EVERYWHERE...SPCLY TONITE. NGM QPFS SHOW 1/4-1/2 INCH AT GLD AND GTE 1 INCH AT MCK AND HLC THROUGH 12Z. LIKE ETA VERSION OF 062 GRAPHIC FOR 12HRS ENDING SUNDAY EVENING AND ZONE BREAKDOWN OF FORECASTED TEMPS VS GUIDANCE TEMPS. I TRIED TO FOLLOW 94Q/98Q IN MY TEMP FORECAST FOR A SW-WARMER/NE-COOLER THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN THICK CLOUDS AND SCTD PCPN. THOUGHTS ARE THAT NGM SWINGS SFC LOW TOO FAR NE AT 36HRS...06I WITH AVN/ETA COMPROMISE LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER BY SUNDAY EVENING. Q- VECTORS LOOK IMPRESSIVE OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 06Z AND 18Z SUNDAY SO HELD ONTO PCPN CHANCES BUT THOUGHT ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES ENOUGH OVERNIGHT FOR ONLY MAINLY SHOWERS...NOT TSRAS. BUT BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MAIN ENERGY BEGINS DROPPING OUT OF NRN CO/SRN WY AND 2ND ROUND OF TSRAS GET GOING. DRY SLOT/DRYLINE PER GRIDDS XSECTIONS DO SHOW THIS DRIER AIR WORKING INTO A TRIANGLE WHOSE APEX EXTENDS NWD ALONG CO/KS/NE TRISTATE BORDER AROUND WRAY COLO BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BUT AGAIN...NGM IS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO AGRESSIVE OF ALL THE GRIDDED XSECTION FIELDS I LOOKED AT. IN MOVING SFC LOW INTO SERN NEBR/NERN KS BY MONDAY MORNING...THE NGM DRIES ATMOSPHERE AND KEEPS POPS LOW. THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE AND THE NGM PROGGED FEATURES MAY NOT EXHIBIT THE CHANCE FOR COOLER/WETTER WEATHER. AGAIN...THE ETA QPFS WOULD BEG TO DIFFER. THIS FAR OUT IN THE PACKAGE THO... I DIDNT GO HOG WILD WITH POPS AND CONSIDERABLY LOWER TEMPS MONDAY. THIS WILL GIVE MID SHIFT A CHANCE TO TWEEK AS LATER RUNS COME IN FOR MAIN MEMORIAL DAY FORECAST. BUT TRENDS CERTAINLY POINT TOWARDS LESS SUN AND MORE MOISTURE. STAYED CLOSE TO HIGHS FOR TEMP GUIDANCE ALTHO I AM NOT SURE HOW 70S WILL FAIR ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY IF RAINFALL AND CLOUDS STICK AROUND. GLD 053/070/048/072 8442 HLC 055/070/050/072 7543 CBK 056/070/049/071 8442 MCK 051/069/048/071 7543 TRB 051/071/049/076 5333 ITR 053/069/048/073 8442 VOJTESAK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:37 AM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 937 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS: A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PASS OVER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WITH WARM AND MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW SURFACE PRESSURE FORECASTED TO BE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS BY SUNDAY MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS THIS EVENING...THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESES STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:38 AM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 937 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS: A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PASS OVER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WITH WARM AND MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW SURFACE PRESSURE FORECASTED TO BE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS BY SUNDAY MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS THIS EVENING...THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESES STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:39 AM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-250600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED MINOR WORDING ERROR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 939 AM MDT (1039 AM CDT) SAT MAY 24 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS: A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PASS OVER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WITH WARM AND MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW SURFACE PRESSURE FORECASTED TO BE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS BY SUNDAY MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS THIS EVENING...THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. VOJTESAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 63 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.