Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1993, 7:03 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1993, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1993, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 5, 4:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 414 PM MDT (514 PM CDT) WED MAY 5 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY. NO PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY BEING DETECTED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BARKER
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 515 PM MDT (615 PM CDT) WED MAY 5 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT) FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT. THE WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY. AT 512 PM MDT NO STORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXhPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. GAHAGAN
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 559 PM MDT (659 PM CDT) WED MAY 5 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST UNTIL 11 PM MDT(MIDNIGHT CDT)... AT 655 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. RADAR INDICATED STORMS ALONG THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER JUST WEST OF ST. FRANCIS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND THROUGH SHARON SPRINGS TO JUST EAST OF TRIBUNE 60 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY...15 MILES SOUTH OF LEOTI MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STOvRM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN ULYSSES. THIS STORM WILL MOVOVER LEOTI BY 730 PM CDT. GAHAGAN &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 68 min |
| May 5, 9:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Finney, Scott | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:22 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 68 min |
| May 6, 6:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 63 min |
| May 6, 7:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 42 min |
| May 6, 9:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 64 min |
| May 6, 11:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 32 min |
| May 6, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 60 min |
| May 6, 12:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis | 27 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.