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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Goodland, KS

August 13, 1992Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1992, 9:07 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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
Aug 13, 1992, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Rawlins County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 9:12 PM CDTTornado F0Rawlins, KS

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1992-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 140207
TORGLD
KSC153-140300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
807 PM MDT (907 PM CDT) THU AUG 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM MDT (1000 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...RAWLINS COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTEDBY THE PUBLIC 45 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GOODLAND ALONG THE NEBRASKA...KANSAS STATE LINE IN NORTHERN RAWLINS
COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE ATWOOD AREA AROUND 935 PM CDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
WORKMAN

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ001-004-007-140015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT (615 PM CDT) THU AUG 13 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 757 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 615 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN
THE WATCH AREA.

WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ001-004-007-140100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT (700 PM CDT) THU AUG 13 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 757 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 700 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN
THE WATCH AREA.

WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ001-004-007-140200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
700 PM MDT (800 PM CDT) THU AUG 13 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 757 IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHWEST
KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN
THE WATCH AREA.

WORKMAN

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.