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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 26, 1993Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 4:41 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 262143
TORGLD
KSC039-262245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
341 PM MDT (441 PM CDT) SAT JUN 26 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MDT (545 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
AT 440 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 34
MILES WEST OF NORTON...4 MILES WEST OF OBERLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE TO NEAR OBERLIN BY 500 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins62 min
Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur69 min
Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur61 min
Jun 26, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins66 min
Jun 26, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur3 hr
Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jun 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 26, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins61 min
Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 26, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan68 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.