Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1993, 6:59 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1993, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ness County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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 010001 TORDDC KSC135-010045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN NESS COUNTY AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY CONTINUE TO SHOW A TORNADO NORTH OF NESS CITY. THIS WARNING WILL EXTEND THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NESS COUNTY. TORNADOS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR NESS CITY. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY !! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSID|E...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. &
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, 4 hours 21 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, 3 hours 16 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, 2 hours 40 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, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Ness | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 65 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.