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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rooks County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 230217 TORGLD KSC163-230315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 815 PM MDT (915 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM MDT (1015 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...ROOKS COUNTY AT 913 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 26 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...6 MILES EAST OF DAMAR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN PLAINVILLE AND STOCKTON BY 945 PM CDT. HAIL ONE TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN DAMAR AT 850 PM CDT. 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, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 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, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 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. REMENBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BOYLE
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 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
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 609 PM MDT (709 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 AT 555 PM MDT STRONG WINDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED NEAR MCDONALD. AT 540 PM MDT 40 MILES AN HOUR WIND SPEEDS WERE RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN IN MCDONALD. THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THESE STRONG WINDS WERE LOCATED FROM 18 MILES NORTHE.AST OF GOODLAND TO 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. GAHAGAN
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-230215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 715 PM MDT (815 PM CDT) SAT MAY 22 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WICHITA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND 2WILL NOT BE EXTENDED. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED INTO SCOTT COUNTY. NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR WICHITA COUNTY. GAHAGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 29 min |
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 68 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 66 min |
| May 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.