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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Goodland, KS

June 26, 1993Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 5:05 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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

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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, Jun 26, 12:52 PM MDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-261955-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1250 PM MDT (150 PM CDT) SAT JUN 26 1993

...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 1248 PM MDT (148 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ON THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BORDER
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ATWOOD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY: HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

JACKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins62 min
Jun 26, 1:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur69 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur61 min
Jun 26, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins66 min
Jun 26, 3:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur64 min
Jun 26, 4:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur3 hr
Jun 26, 4:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Jun 26, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 26, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins61 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM MDTSevere 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.