Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gove County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KGLD 050037 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-050130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 634 PM MDT (734 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT (830 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...GOVE COUNTY AT 733 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOVE..30 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY. THE STORM IS PRESENTLY OVER GOVE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN GOVE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GAHAGAN
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-042205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 307 PM MDT (407 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNDAO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83. AT 400 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND OUTDOOR FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING NEED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. BARKER>
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-042255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 352 PM MDT (452 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 450 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...11 MILES NORTH OF KANORADO...OR 18 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED NORTHEAST OF THIS LINE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRD CITY...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND A BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. REMEMBER...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DURING A TORNADO EVENT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-042355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 456 PM MDT (556 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 549 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATWOOD. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. REMEMBER...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DURING A TORNADO EVENT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:14 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 701 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLBY...TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSOTRM WAS LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLBY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WIL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN DECATUR COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THAT PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS EAST OF A LINE EXTEN&DING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLBY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.