Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1993, 9:26 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1993, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1993, 10:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Norton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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, Sep 18, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 PM MDT (400 PM CDT) SAT SEP 18 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ENTERING WESTERN COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 400 PM MDT (500 PM CDT) SAT SEP 18 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 400 PM MDT (500 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO MAY MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISIONd FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MDT (600 PM CDT) SAT SEP 18 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 500 PM MDT (600 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO MAY MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 600 PM MDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERICAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 PM MDT (700 PM CDT) SAT SEP 18 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 600 PM MDT (700 PM CDT)...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO MAY MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 700 PM MDT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIOV...COMMERICAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 710 PM MDT (810 PM CDT) SAT SEP 18 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 710 PM MDT (810 PM CDT)...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES NORTH OF HAYS IN SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A W ARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERICAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERING THESE DEVELOPING STORMS. WORKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 67 min |
| Sep 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 52 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.