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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rawlins, 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.
- 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
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
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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.