Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1998, 4:26 PM MDT for Yuma 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 7, 1998, 4:26 PM MDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1998, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Clarkville, CO | |
| Jun 7, 5:23 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Clarkville, CO | Estimated 80 mph wind. Also, 3/4 inch hail and winds to 50 mph 8 E of Clarkville at 1637 MST. |
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Clarkville, CO | Golfball hail and strong winds broke house windows and did $13,000 damage to 2 vehicles. |
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 7, 1:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 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 072226 RRA SVRGLD COC125-072330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 426 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 424 PM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HWY 59...14 MILES NORTH OF YUMA AROUND 430 PM MDT CLARKVILLE AROUND 435 PM MDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MARTELLO
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 7, 2:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 246 PM MDT (346 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1998 ...THREAT OF SVR TSTMS MAIN CHALLENGE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... STRONG LLJ AHEAD OF LOW LVL TROF OVER CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTN. WIND SPEEDS WL REMAIN CLOSE TO WIND ADVSRY CRITERIA TIL TROF/DRYLINE APPROACHES GLD CWA. WL HIT WINDS HARD AND ISSUE WIND ADVSRY FOR ALL NW KS ZONES THIS EVE. WITH SFC TROF PROGRESSING TOWARD FAR E COLORADO WL NOT INCLUDE THAT AREA AND CONCENTRATE ON SVR TSTM POTENTIAL. ETA MODEL OF CHOICE AS IT BRINGS SFC LOW OVER KS/NE BORDER TONIGHT. AVN MORE IN LINE WITH ETA AT SFC AND ETA DID BEST WITH STATIONARY FRONT FROM FAR NE COLORADO INTO SW NEBRASKA. GOOD MSTR CONVERGENCE PROGGED NEAR THIS LOW AND AHEAD OF THETA-E RIDGE. CURRENT POSN OF STATIONARY FRONT AND JET ALOFT SUGGESTS N COUNTIES UNDER THE GUN BY THIS EVE. ETA PROGGED CAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG THIS EVE AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILE AND INCREASING INSTABILITY INCREASES THE THREAT FOR SVR TSTMS AND POSSIBLY ISOLD TORNADOES. WL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE IN MOST OF THE ZONES IN 1ST PERIOD. STRONGER PVA EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WHICH WL KEEP SHWRS/TSTMS GOING SPCLY E PARTS OF FA. THETA-E AXIS SHIFTS TO E COUNTIES AFT MIDNIGHT AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO PUNCH IN OVER FAR E COLORADO. BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER PCPN WL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NE CWA. CONSIDERING POSN OF SFC LOW AND POSSIBLE WRAP-AROUND MSTR...WL KEEP IN CHC OF RAIN EARLY FROM MCK TO HLC. OTRW...FAIRLY QUIET WX ON MONDAY WITH DRIER AMS. SFC LOW WL DRAG FRONT THRU THE CWA MONDAY WITH THERMAL GRADIENT MAKING TEMP FCST TRICKY. WL GO WARMEST ACROSS S DUE TO FCST H85 TEMPS. DECENT UVVS ALSO SHOWN OVER S CWA BY 00Z TUE WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF ROCKIES. FOR NOW...WL ONLY THROW IN 20 PERCENT FOR MONDAY EVE FOR W AND S SECTIONS OF GLD CWA. .GLD...SVR TSTM WATCH COZ090>092 TIL 8 PM MDT. ALSO...WIND ADVSRY KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041>042 THIS EVE. KPL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:31 AM MDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-072025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1130 AM MDT (1230 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 28 TO 38 MPH RANGE CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA/OAKLEY KANSAS/RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE AS A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SINCE 7 AM MDT (8 AM CDT)...SOME WIND GUSTS HAVE EXCEEDED 50 MPH BETWEEN COLBY KANSAS AND BURLINGTON COLORADO. LOOK FOR THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OVER THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND SHOULD MOVE EAST INTO KANSAS/NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS ALREADY OCCURRING FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY PASS THROUGH. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. PEAK GUSTS SINCE 7 AM MDT (8 AM CDT)... GOODLAND KANSAS ...51 MPH. BURLINGTON COLORADO...47 MPH. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND AND BECOME A HAZARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
COZ090>092-080205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE... YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARDS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ON THE HEELS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SOUTH WINDS SETTING UP AN UNSTABLE SITUATION OVER THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM IN INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FRONT RANGE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST AFTER THEY DEVELOP. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
COZ090>092-080205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO... COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE... YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARDS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ON THE HEELS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SOUTH WINDS SETTING UP AN UNSTABLE SITUATION OVER THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM IN INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FRONT RANGE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST AFTER THEY DEVELOP. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:01 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079-080-072250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 359 PM MDT (459 PM CDT) SUN JUN 7 1998 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS AFTERNOON FROM FAR EASTERN COLORADO TO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER CENTRAL COLORADO WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO RELAX THE STRONG GRADIENT. AS A RESULT...THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KPL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 78 min |
| Jun 7, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.