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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS

May 21, 1993Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1993, 6:32 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1993, 6:32 PM MDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1993, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

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 21, 4:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
419 PM MDT (519 PM CDT) FRI MAY 21 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 415 PM MDT (515 PM CDT)...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CHEYENNE...GREELEY...LOGAN...RAWLINS...
SHERMAN...THOMAS...WALLACE AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 5 PM MDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR
FURTHER UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

TURNER
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
419 PM MDT (519 PM CDT) FRI MAY 21 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 415 PM MDT (515 PM CDT)...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CHEYENNE...GREELEY...LOGAN...RAWLINS...
SHERMAN...THOMAS...WALLACE AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 5 PM MDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

TURNER
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-220000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
455 PM MDT (555 PM CDT) FRI MAY 21 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 455 PM MDT (555 PM CDT)...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR CHEYENNE...GREELEY...LOGAN...RAWLINS...SHERMAN...THOMAS...
WALLACE AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE INTO< NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM EASTERN COLORADO LATER THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
TURNER
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-220030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
525 PM MDT (625 PM CDT) FRI MAY 21 1993

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 519 PM MDT (619 PM CDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...
GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS OVER SOUTHWEST GREELEY
COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED 55 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY...17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRIBUNE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS JUST TO THE WEST OF HORACE BY 615 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EXTREME WEST PORTION OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS.  THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND...AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO
20 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TURNER
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:01 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-220100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT (700 PM CDT) FRI MAY 21 1993

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 555 PM MDT (655 PM CDT)...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO
NORTHWEST KANSAS.  ONE 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRIBUNE.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED  25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND WILL PASS TO THE WEST
OF GOODLAND BY 630 MDT.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JENNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne66 min
May 22, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley60 min
May 22, 5:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley68 min
May 21, 7:04 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson26 min
May 22, 2:52 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne38 min
May 22, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne30 min
May 22, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson55 min

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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.