Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1993, 6:13 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 30, 1993, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ness County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | To 4 Ne, KS | Two grain bins were destroyed north of Ness City. Five telephone poles were also knocked down. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 KDDC 302315 TORDDC KSC135-010000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 613 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN NESS COUNTY AT 611 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR NESS CITY BY 645 PM CDT. IF LIVE BETWEEN ARNOLD AND NESS CITY YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED ROOM. 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 BLANK ETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Apr 30, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-302040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 137 PM MDT (237 PM CDT) FRI APR 30 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE APPROACHING NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 130 PM MDT (230 PM CDT)...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON COLORADO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AT PRESENT MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT KANORADO...GOODLAND AND NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF YUMA COLORADO NORTH INTO THE IDALIA AREA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ001-002-302145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) FRI APR 30 1993 AT 235 PM MDT..THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CONTINUED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND TO JUST WEST OF GOODLAND NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER TO 125 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND. THE STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND 60 MILES DUE WEST OF GOODLAND..THESE TWO STORMS ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO CONTAIN HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MAINLY SHERMAN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF FAR NORTHWEST KANSAS BETWEEN 245 PM AND 3 PM MDT. PERSONS IN FAR NORTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF NEEDED. DORSEY &
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-302215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 318 PM MDT (418 PM CDT) FRI APR 30 1993 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 310 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON SPRINGS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS BY 4 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN COLORADO 10 TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NORTHWEST KANSAS8 FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Ness | 46 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.