Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1999, 7:04 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 31 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 2, 1999, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1999, 7:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 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 01:05 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 2, 7:25 PM MDT | Hail 2.5 | Wray, CO | |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT | Hail 2.5 | 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 030104 RRA TORGLD COC125-030135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 704 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO * UNTIL 735 PM MDT * AT 659 PM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF WRAY OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ECKLEY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRAY AROUND 730 PM MDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! BULLER &
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 Jun 2, 2:29 PM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:29 PM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 225 PM MDT (325 PM CDT) WED JUN 2 1999 ...CHALLENGE ONCE AGAIN IS EXTENT OF TSTM COVERAGE AND SEVERITY TONIGHT AND HIGH TEMPS ON FRI... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER TRI-STATE AREA WITH GOOD SFC HEATING ONGOING WITH TEMPS IN THE 80S. CWA IS IN SLIGHT OR MOD RISK AREA. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 50S. AWAITING TRIGGER APPROACHING FROM THE SW. INITIALIZATION OF MODELS THIS AM INDICATING ETA ONCE AGAIN SEEMED TO BE BEST ON SPECIFICS...BOTH AT SFC AND ALOFT. SO I AM STAYING ONCE AGAIN WITH IT. PATTERN FOR THIS EVENING IS PANNING OUT AS INDICATED BY MODELS YESTERDAY. FORMER CUT-OFF 5H LOW OFF S CA IS NOW S/W MOVING NE ACROSS NW NEW MEXICO. ASSOCIATED 25H JET MAX ON N SIDE OF SUB-TROPICAL JET MOVING NE ACROSS S NEW MEXICO. E CO AND W KS SOON TO BE UNDER FRONT LEFT. ETA SHOWS THETAE RIDGE LYING N-S ALONG KS/CO BORDER THIS EVENING AND NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY CO-LOCATED 70H UVV/POS-OMEGA MAX. MOD TO HI PWS...RAPIDLY DECAYING CIN...INCREASING LIS AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE ALL SEEM TO IMPLY A VERY LIVELY AND STORMY EVENING INTO LATE NIGHT OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA. APPEARS 5H TROUGH TO PASS OVERHEAD SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SO THINK WEATHER WILL PROGRESS STEADILY FROM W-E ACROSS CWA AND BE CLEAR OF CWA BY DAYBREAK. POSSIBLY SOME LEFT IN E SO WILL RETAIN 20 POPS THERE FOR EARLY 2ND PD. WEAKER VORT TO COME INTO CWA FROM S/W LATE THU MAY TRIGGER A FEW TSTMS BUT EXPECT MOSTLY A NON-WEATHER EVENTFUL EVENING THU. UPPER MAJOR TROUGH OVER INTER-MT AREA REDEEPENS THU NIGHT-FRI FROM STRONG VORT MAX MOVING DOWN WEST COAST. AT SAME TIME RIDGE BUILDS OVER CEN US. RESULT SHOULD BE INCREASING HEAT LATE THU/FRI OVER CWA WITH MINIMAL CLOUDINESS. BRIEFLY IN EXTENDED VORT MAX MOVES NE OUT OF WESTERN TROUGH INTO CEN PLAINS LATE SAT AND LOOKS LIKE POTENTIAL NEXT SEVERE WX EVENT AFTER TONIGHT. THEN PDS OF SCT TSTMS AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS APPLY FOR REST OF EXTENDED. .GLD...NONE. RJC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ041-042-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 524 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1999 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT (1 AM CDT) FOR GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN KANSAS AND CHEYENNE COUNTY IN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. ALSO...LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. TRIBUNE...LEOTI...SELKIRK...MARIENTHAL...LYDIA...HORACE...CHEYENNE WELLS...AND KIT CARSON ARE TOWNS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR PLANS FOR SHELTER IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IS THE BEST PLACE. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
COZ092-KSZ041-042-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 524 PM MDT WED JUN 2 1999 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT (1 AM CDT) FOR GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN KANSAS AND CHEYENNE COUNTY IN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. ALSO...LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. TRIBUNE...LEOTI...SELKIRK...MARIENTHAL...LYDIA...HORACE...CHEYENNE WELLS...AND KIT CARSON ARE TOWNS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR PLANS FOR SHELTER IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IS THE BEST PLACE. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. ENTWISTLE
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT WED JUN 02 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM JOES CO .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/99 YUMA
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT WED JUN 02 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM JOES CO .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/99 YUMA
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:54 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
654 PM MDT WED JUN 02 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 9 SE YUMA CO .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/99 YUMA
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:54 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
654 PM MDT WED JUN 02 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 9 SE YUMA CO .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/99 YUMA
SULLIVANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 35 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.