Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 8:52 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1997, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 9:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 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 02:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:49 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Eckley, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
415 WUUS1 KGLD 150251 RRA SVRGLD COC125-150340- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 852 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 940 PM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED CLARKVILLE AROUND 920 PM MDT * AT 851 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY OR 20 MILES NORTH OF YUMA MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. TURNER
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 14, 2:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 222 PM MDT (322 PM CDT) SAT JUN 14 1997 CHANCES FOR RAIN EACH PERIOD MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS PACKAGE. MODELS ARE RATHER SIMILAR...BUT MINOR DIFFS CREATE HAVOC WITH TIMING OF PRECIP AND LOCATION OF FRONT ON SUNDAY. HAVE LEANED TO AVN BASED ON SLIGHTLY BETTER H70 THERMAL INITIALIZATION AND 6-HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE VERIFICIATION. THUS QUESTION BECOMES WHERE AND WHEN WILL PRECIP FALL. LOOKS LIKE COLORADO COUNTIES UNDER THE GUN FOR SEVERE AFTER 00 UTC...BUT WITH LOSS OF HEATING SEVERITY PROBABILITY SHOULD DROP OFF DRAMATICALLY. SOME STORMS MAY WORK INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...BUT BETTER DYNAMICS SHOW UP SUNDAY BEHIND FROPA. WILL BLEND FAN AND FWC POPS AND LEAN TO FAN TEMPS. NGM SEEMED MORE REALISTIC WITH MOISTURE FIELDS THAN AVN...HENCE THE TENDENCY SPLIT. GLD 058/080/052/071/051 4353 HLC 060/085/057/077/053 2543 CBK 058/081/052/072/051 4353 MCK 059/083/054/076/051 2543 TRB 058/082/052/073/052 4553 ITR 056/079/051/070/050 4253 ENTWISTLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:34 PM MDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
COZ092-142210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 335 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM... AT 332 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EASTERN COLORADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS FORECAST TO BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS BY 410 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSES BY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. 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. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:35 PM MDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
COZ092-142210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 335 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM... AT 332 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EASTERN COLORADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS FORECAST TO BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS BY 410 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSES BY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. 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. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-150600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 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 WILL BE NEEDED. SYNOPSIS: THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES INDICATE THAT STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME TORNADIC. HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO LIKELY BE PRODUCED. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT WILL NOT BE AS EXTENSIVE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WESTERN KANSAS...SEVERE WEATHER MAY ALSO OCCUR THERE AFTER 6 PM MDT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS REQUESTING THAT SPOTTERS BE ACTIVATED OVER KIT CARSON...CHEYENNE...AND YUMA COUNTIES IN COLORADO...WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT. SPOTTERS ELSEWHERE SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
COZ090>092-150345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 741 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KIT CARSON AND YUMA COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED OVER CHEYENNE COUNTY...SO THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST OVER EASTERN COLORADO. AT 735 PM MDT THE STORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY REACH YUMA COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES NEAR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING. MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.