Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 5:14 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 25, 1997, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 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 23:18 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 25, 5:17 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Clarkville, CO | |
| Jun 25, 6:02 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Wray, 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 25, 1:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 252314 RRA SVRGLD COC125-260015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 514 PM MDT WED JUN 25 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY AROUND 550 PM MDT HWY 385...8 MILES NORTH OF WRAY AROUND 600 PM MDT * AT 514 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY OR 15 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. ENTWISTLE
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 25, 2:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 240 PM MDT (340 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997 ...FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE TSTM CHANCES FIRST THREE PERIODS FOLLOWED BY AMOUNT OF WARMUP... BASED ON INITIALIZATION...SATL...AND UPR AIR ANAL...PREFER NGM/AVN THROUGH PERIOD WITH AVN DOING BETTER AT THE SFC. BLV 12Z MODEL RUN WAS AFFECTED BY NO RAOBS IN KEY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...SLC...RIW... AND ABQ. SLC AND RIW WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO INCMG S/W. MODELS DO CATCH SOMETHING INITIALLY...HOWEVER DO NOT REALLY BRING IN ANYTHING THIS AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING WITH THAT FEATURE. ALSO VERY WK VORT MAX OVR NM THAT COULD COME UP IN SLY FLOW...AND CAUSE PROBLEMS. BASED ON SATL AND PLAN PROFILER WINDS...A FAIRLY STRONG S/W WILL BE COMG THRU FM THE WEST. WITH THE DARKENING SEEN ON SATL WITH THIS FEATURE...WOULD NOT BE SUPRISED IF A GOOD COOL POOL WITH THIS FEATURE. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH NMRS SFC BOUNDERIES AND VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AMS IN PLACE...HAS CAUSED TSTMS ALONG FRONT RANGE INTO NE PHANDLE. EVEN THOUGH MISSED ABV S/W NGM QPF FOR 00Z DOES CATCH TSTM ACTIVITY NICELY OVER NE. BASED ON ABV...BLV ALL MODELS DO NOT BRING IN STRONG ENOUGH S/W FOR TONIGHT SO WILL GO CLOSER TO HIR AVN POPS FOR TON. GOOD PROFILE FOR SVR STORMS WITH WATCH ALREADY OUT IN CO. WILL MENTION PSBL SVR IN NEXT TWO COLUMNS OF CNTYS. BASED ON VVEL...FORCG...AND THETA PROGS...STORMS WILL GO ALL NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING OVER IN EASTERN 6 COUNTIES TMRW MRNG. LEE TROF SHAPES AGAIN TMRW WITH GROUND WET FROM RECENT RAINS AND WINDS NOT PUSHING OUT LOW LVL MSTR IN PLACE. DYNAMICS ARE WEAKER TMRW/TMRW NIGHT WITH A LTL WARMER 700 MB TEMPS. WL GO LOW CHANCE POPS OVER ENTIRE CWA BASED ON ABV. NGM MOS WAS A LITTLE WARM TODAY BUT NOT TOO FAR OFF. WITH STAGNANT PATTERN IN PLACE...NGM MOS DOES NOT DO TOO BAD. HWVR...BLV WITH CURRENT AIR PATTERN IN PLACE...NGM LOOKS TO BE PUSHING LEE TROF TOO FAR EAST AND OVERDOING WARMING. BASED ON ALL FACTORS...WL STICK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AND MAYBE SHADE A DEGREE OR TWO LOWER. NGM MOS MINS DOING WELL FM YDA...AND BASED ON WINDS/EXPECTED CLD COVER THOSE ALSO LOOK RSNBL. GLD 061/087/062/093 522 HLC 063/089/067/095 422 CBK 062/088/063/093 522 MCK 063/089/065/095 422 TRB 059/089/061/094 522 ITR 060/087/062/094 622 BULLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ090>092-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 139 PM MDT WED JUN 25 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE FROM THE WEST WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LUCAS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-260255-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
352 PM MDT (452 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT)...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT...
STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORNADOES...HAVE
DEVELOPED NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND PASS THROUGH THE AREA. THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...BRIEF
TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL.
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525 IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
SHARON SPRINGS TO WAKEENEY AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
GOODLAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR... NORTON
SHERMAN... THOMAS... SHERIDAN...GRAHAM
WALLACE... LOGAN... AND GOVE
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523 CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR YUMA...KIT
CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
IF YOU OBSERVE HAIL OF DIME SIZE OR LARGE...WINDS OF 60 MPH OR
MORE...OR A TORNADO PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
ENTWISTLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 64 min |
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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.