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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 1997Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1997, 7:01 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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 24, 1997, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 1997, 8:05 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, CO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 24, 7:10 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Firstview, CO
Jun 24, 7:10 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70	Kit Carson, CO
Jun 24, 7:32 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Firstview, 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 24, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 250101 RRA
TORGLD
COC017-250205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
701 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 805 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON        AROUND 720 PM MDT

* AT 659 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 20
  MILES WEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT $CARSON
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

DH/KL

The 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 25, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	61 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Colorado, 1997 Every tornado warning in 1997 Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.