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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 8:56 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 3600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 16.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 020158 TORGLD KSC179-020300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 756 PM MDT (856 PM CDT) THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT (1000 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SHERIDAN COUNTY AT 855 PM CDT RADAR INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE SHERIDAN/THOMAS COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF COLBY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF SEGUIN BY 930 PM CDT. 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. &
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, Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ001-012125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 227 PM MDT (327 PM CDT) THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SHERMAN...CHEYENNE...AND RAWLINS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. AT 225 PM MDT (325 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE KANSAS PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ001-012205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 303 PM MDT (403 PM CDT) THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 302 PM MDT (402 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE KANSAS PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA... HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTL KANSAS. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SHERMAN...CHEYENNE...AND RAWLINS COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). REMEMBER...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DURING A TORNADO EVENT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ001-012255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 354 PM MDT (454 PM CDT) THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SHERMAN...CHEYENNE...AND RAWLINS COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... AT 352 PM MDT (452 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE KANSAS PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSZ001-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 454 PM MDT (554 PM CDT) THU JUL 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM MDT.. AT 450 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY..45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PERSONS IN NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RAWLINS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM MDT. DORSEY &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 69 min |
| Jul 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 69 min |
| Jul 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.