Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1993, 4:56 PM CST for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 28, 1993, 4:56 PM CST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1993, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Norton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado F1 | To 11.25, KS | The tornado crossed Highway 283 at the stateline before ending 0.25 mile inside Furnas County Nebraska. Damage occurred to a quonset building and hog feeder about 11 miles north of Norton. |
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 282254 TORGLD KSC137-282345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 356 PM MST (456 PM CST) SUN MAR 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MST (545 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN NORTON COUNTY AT 450 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 4 WEST AND 6 NORTH OF NORTON KANSAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST. ONE BARN DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 28, 11:02 AM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-282200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1000 AM MST SUN MAR 28 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS: CHEYENNE NORTON THOMAS DECATUR PHILLIPS WALLACE GOVE RAWLINS WICHITA GRAHAM ROOKS GREELEY SHERIDAN LOGAN SHERMAN SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS. A FEW RAINSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT NONE ARE EXPECTED TO THE SEVERE. SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:35 PM CST, 21 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-282340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 336 PM MST (436 PM CST) SUN MAR 28 1993 AT 425 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PRODUCE UP TO AROUND 1/2 SIZE HAIL IN NORTON KANSAS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP FROM NORTON TO SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN KANSAS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF NORTON. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. OTHER RAINSHOWERS WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND NEAR ATWOOD. RESIDENTS ALONG THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER IN NORTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL NEAR 6 PM THIS EVENING. BOYLE &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.