Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1993, 5:07 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1993, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 68 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. |
| May 22, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Whitelaw, 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, 11.1 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 222306 TORGLD KSC071-230015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 507 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...GREELEY COUNTY AT 500 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 55 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND...10 MILES WEST OF HORACE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO HORACE BY 540 PM MDT. RESIDENTS OF HORACE AND TRIBUNE SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES WEST OF HORACE. GOLF BALLED SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBUNE AT 500 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GAHAGAN
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, May 22, 2:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 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. REVMENBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 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, 1 hour 27 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, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 60 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.