Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1993, 4:15 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1993, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1993, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greeley County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Tribune, KS | Brief tornado over open country moving southeast. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 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 22, 10:26 AM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-230600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1020 AM MDT (1120 AM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS: CHEYENNE DECATUR GOVE GRAHAM GREELEY LOGAN NORTON PHILLIPS RAWLINS ROOKS SHERIDAN SHERMAN THOMAS WALLACE WICHITA SYNOPSIS: MOIST WARM AIR OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-222120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 217 PM MDT (317 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 ........TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 3 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT) NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BY AROUND 4 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. REVMENBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-222120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 217 PM MDT (317 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 ........TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 3 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT) NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BY AROUND 4 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. REMENBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 22, 3:40 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-222120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 335 PM MDT (435 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 ........TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM 3 PM CDT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 330 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS ALONG THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBUNE KANSAS. THIS STORM COULD HAVE HAIL WITH HEAVY RAINS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GREELEY COUNTY BY 4 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. REMENBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| May 22, 5:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 68 min |
| May 21, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 43 min |
| May 21, 7:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 26 min |
| May 22, 2:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 22, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.