Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 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, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 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, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 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, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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, 7:01 PM CDT, 53 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. + 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 68 min |
| May 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 43 min |
| May 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 26 min |
| May 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| May 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 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.