Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1998, 7:11 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 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
- May 5, 1998, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1998, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kit Carson County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:20 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Burlington, CO | Estimated 60 to 70 mph winds blew out windows. |
| May 5, 7:31 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Burlington, CO | |
| May 5, 7:40 PM MDT | Hail 1.25 | Burlington, CO | NWS employee observed hail up to half dollar size along Highway 385 from 1S to 7S of Burlington. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 060111 RRA TORGLD COC063-060145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 711 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 709 PM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR BURLINGTON...REMAIN IN SHELTER. THIS WARNING CONTINUES THE LAST TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! VJN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 5, 2:31 AM MDT, 16 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:31 AM MDT, 16 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 231 AM MDT (331 AM CDT) TUE MAY 5 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES ARE THE CHALLENGE... 06Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED COLD FRONT THRU THE CWA AND RESTING SOMEWHERE VCNTY OF GCK TO LHX LINE...FAR IN ITS WAKE WAS A 1012 MB LOCATED OVER SW ND. 700 MB UA ANALYSIS SHOWED A 700 MB LOW OVER CENTRAL CO AND THIS CIRCULATION WAS SHOWN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND CAUGHT BY THE MODELS. RESULT WAS CONTINUING CONVECTION OVER ERN CO/WRN KS EARLY THIS MORNING. 500 MB CHART SHOWED DIFLUENT FLOW OVER NE CO PRECEEDING AN EWD PROGRESSING UPPER LOW PROGGED TO FILL 60 M OR SO AS IT SETTLES OVER CA/NV AREA BY 48 HRS. MEANWHILE...FOCUS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AS RETURN FLOW SETS UP LATE TDY...AND WE PREPARE FOR ANOTHER FRONTAL SURGE LATE WEDS AFTN/EARLY EVE. CURRENTLY FAVOR AN NGM/AVN COMPROMISE...LEANING MORE TOWARD THE NGM. ETA LOOKS TO MOVE ENERGY TO FAR EAST TOO FAST AND DEVELOPS A QUESTIONABLE UPPER LOW OVER IOWA BY H48. NGM/AVN SHOW CONTINUING ENERGY MOVING NE OVER THE CWA AT 700 MB THROUGH WEDS MORNING. THIS OVER THE TOP OF A MOIST LOWER ATMOSPHERE IN FAIR INSTABILITY FROM 500-700 LAPSE RATES OF 7-8 DEG C/KM. THUS WILL KEEP POPS GOING IN THE FCST. WILL GO AT OR ABOVE FWC...LEANING A BIT TOWARD AVN NUMBERS. FWC TEMPS LOOK A BIT WARM IN UPSLOPE FLOW AND CLOUDY SKIES OVER RAIN SOAKED GROUND...SO WILL CUT SOME FOR TDYS HIGH. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BRING ENOUGH SUN TO ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE TO FWC. WILL LIKELY LEAVE EXTENDED ALONE FOR NOW. .GLD...NONE. STAVISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-060600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT (659 PM CDT) TUE MAY 5 1998
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR AREAS IN EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO AND
NORTHWEST KANSAS.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT (1 AM CDT) FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS:
IN COLORADO: YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES
IN KANSAS: CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...SHERMAN...THOMAS...WALLACE...
LOGAN...GREELEY...AND WICHITA COUNTIES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
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.
HARMONLocal storm report, May 5, 7:04 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
704 PM MDT TUE MAY 05 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0441 PM 6 SSW JOES CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/98 YUMA HALF INCH HAIL ALSO AT 4
SW JOES
0525 PM 9 N STRATTON CO TORNADO
05/05/98 KIT CARSON BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
0622 PM 7 N STRATTON CO .88 INCH HAIL
05/05/98 KIT CARSON NICKEL HAIL 7 N AND 4 E OF
STRATTON CO
0622 PM BETHUNE CO TORNADO
05/05/98 KIT CARSON TORNADO ON GROUND TO THE
NORTHWEST OF BETHUNELocal storm report, May 5, 7:04 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
704 PM MDT TUE MAY 05 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0441 PM 6 SSW JOES CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/98 YUMA HALF INCH HAIL ALSO AT 4
SW JOES
0525 PM 9 N STRATTON CO TORNADO
05/05/98 KIT CARSON BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
0622 PM 7 N STRATTON CO .88 INCH HAIL
05/05/98 KIT CARSON NICKEL HAIL 7 N AND 4 E OF
STRATTON CO
0622 PM BETHUNE CO TORNADO
05/05/98 KIT CARSON TORNADO ON GROUND TO THE
NORTHWEST OF BETHUNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 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.