Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 11:26 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 2, 1997, 11:26 PM MDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1997, 12:10 AM MDT
- In force
- 44 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 05:26 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, 5.4 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 030526 RRA SVRGLD COC125-030610- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1126 PM MDT MON JUN 2 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 1210 AM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YUMA AROUND 1130 PM MDT VERNON AROUND 1150 PM MDT WRAY AROUND MIDNIGHT MDT BEECHER ISLAND AROUND MIDNIGHT MDT LAIRD AROUND 1205 AM MDT * AT 1120 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF YUMA MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. 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 2, 2:30 PM MDT, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:30 PM MDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 PM MDT (330 PM CDT) MON JUN 2 1997 ...FORECAST PROBLEM TSTM CHANCES/INTENSITY/HVY PCPN TONIGHT... BASED ON SATL...INITIAL AND UPR AIR ANALYSIS...WL TEND TWD THE NGM. SATL SHOWG STRONG S/W COMG IN FROM NW WITH DPS RANGING FM UPR 50S TO LWR 60S MOST LOCATIONS. LOW LVL UPSLOPE FLOW TO CONTINUE DURG THIS TIME. ALL IN ALL CONDS VERY SMLR TO 24 HOURS AGO AND WL PLAY FCST VERY SMLR TO YDAS. TSTMS SHOULD GO MOST OF THE NIGHT AND PSBLY INTO THE MRNG HOURS IN THE EAST. WITH STG DYNAMICS...GOOD MSTR...AND WIND PROFILE SVR PROBABLE ALMOST OVR ENTIRE CWA. TOR WW ALREADY HAS BEEN PUT OUT FOR OUR CO CNTYS. WITH HIGH PWS AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS DUE TO WEAK STEERING LVL WINDS...LCLLY HEAVY RNFL PSBL. RAWLINS AND DECATUR GOT ARND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN SPOTS AND STILL HAVE HIGH LVLS ON RIVERS/STREAMS IN AREA...ESPECIALLY BEAVER SO WL ISSUE A FFA FOR THOSE TWO CNTYS. LINGERING MSTR WK DYNAMICS AND HEATING OF THE DAY WL KEEP TSTM CHANCE THRU THE PD WITH SOME DRYING OUT BY PD 4. STAGNANT PATTERN AND TEMP GUIDANCE REFLECTS THIS. SO WL PLAY PERSISTANCE AND GO CLOSE TO NGM MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GLD 056/075/055/077 634 HLC 059/073/057/075 434 CBK 056/075/056/077 634 MCK 059/073/057/757 434 TRB 057/076/055/078 634 ITR 057/075/055/077 744 BULLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
COZ090>092-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 659 PM MDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH 379 FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF FORT MORGAN COLORADO CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. IF CURRENT RADAR TRENDS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE FUTURE...THIS ISOLATED SUPERCELL WILL NOT APPROACH WESTERN SECTIONS OF YUMA COUNTY UNTIL THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT EXPIRES. THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. ANTICIPATE THE REISSUANCE OF EITHER A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AROUND 8 PM MDT TO REPLACE TORNADO WATCH 379 THAT IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THIS SUPERCELL TO CONTINUE TRACKING EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH AREA 379 THROUGH 8 PM MDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
COZ090>092-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 659 PM MDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH #379 FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF FORT MORGAN COLORADO CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. IF CURRENT RADAR TRENDS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE FUTURE...THIS ISOLATED SUPERCELL WILL NOT APPROACH WESTERN SECTIONS OF YUMA COUNTY UNTIL THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT EXPIRES. THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT. ANTICIPATE THE REISSUANCE OF EITHER A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AROUND 8 PM MDT TO REPLACE TORNADO WATCH #379 THAT IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THIS SUPERCELL TO CONTINUE TRACKING EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH AREA #379 THROUGH 8 PM MDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR I F A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
COZ090>092-030225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 803 PM MDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER AN ISOLATED PORTION OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE ISOLATED SUPERCELL EAST OF FORT MORGAN WILL NOT AFFECT KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE CURRENT TRACK OF THIS STORM AND ANOTHER STORM TO ITS IMMEDIATE SOUTHWEST MAY CLIP THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF YUMA COUNTY. THEREFORE...WITH MUCH UNCERTAINTY THAT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR...INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. VOJTESAK
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.