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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS

July 3, 1993Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 8:31 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 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 00:00Z, 1.5 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-450 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 040144 COR
TORGLD
KSC039-040230-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED..CORRECTION
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
731 PM MDT (831 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM MDT (930 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

   ...DECATUR COUNTY

AT 830 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LEOVILLE...32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS TORNADO WILL PASS OVER LEOVILLE BY 840 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.

GAHAGAN

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 3, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-040230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
241 PM MDT (341 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FOR
ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA / NEBRASKA
BORDER CONTINUES TO BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO THE REGION.
SHORTLY AFTER 1 PM CDT...HILL CITY AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO
52 MPH...WHILE WINDS IN THE GOODLAND AREA HAVE GUSTED TO 41 MPH.
A COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING NORTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AS
THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY
DIMINISH.  WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...USE EXTREME CAUTION...
PARTICULARLY WHEN PASSING NEAR GRAIN ELEVATORS AND OTHER STRUCTURES
THAT MAY TEMPORARILY BLOCK OR FUNNEL THE WIND.  ALSO...BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO LIGHT FIREWORKS THIS EVENING...AS
THE WIND MAY SPREAD A SMALL SPARK INTO A LARGE FIRE VERY QUICKLY.

BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-032225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
323 PM MDT (423 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
KANSAS...

AT 320 PM MDT (420 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SHERMAN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS.  ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GOODLAND
TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND...THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS.  THESE STORMS WERE
SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH TO 13 MILES WEST OF
ST FRANCIS...OR 40 MILES NORTH TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
ST FRANCIS AREA BY 500 PM CDT.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-040200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
425 PM MDT (525 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...STRONG WINDS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...

A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING.  AS THE
FRONT PASSES BY...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST...AND WILL
PRODUCE GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THE WINDS WILL SHIFT IN
GOODLAND BY 445 PM MDT...AND IN COLBY BY 615 CDT. THE WINDS WILL
DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER SUNSET.

IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...USE EXTREME CAUTION...
PARTICULARLY IF DRIVING BY GRAIN ELEVATORS OR OTHER STRUCTURES THAT
MAY TEMPORARILY BLOCK OR FUNNEL THE WIND.

TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-032330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
441 PM MDT (541 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 438 PM MDT (548 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...THOMAS AND SHERMAN COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAD LOCATED 55 MILES
NORTH OF GOODLAND...ON THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND...TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GOODLAND.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COLBY AND ATWOOD AREAS BY 630 PM CDT.
SMALL HAIL...G`USTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE BY.

TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-040030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
534 PM MDT (634 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 528 PM MDT (628 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHEYENNE AND RAWLINS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...
INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...NEAR
MCDONALD.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MCDONALD UNTIL 7 PM...
AND BEARDSLEY UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
628 PM MDT (728 PM CDT) SAT JUL 3 1993

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS...

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS THE WEST PORTION OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...
FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST TO 5 MILES EAST OF COLBY...TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF
GOODLAND. SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS HAVE REPORTED
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR BEHIND THE FRONT.

THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS
EVENING...BUT THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
AFTER SUNSET.
IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...USE EXTREME CAUTION...
PARTICULARLY IF DRIVING BY GRAIN ELEVATORS OR OTHER STRUCTURES THAT
MAY TEMPORARILY BLOCK OR FUNNEL THE WIND.
TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins35 min
Jul 3, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur56 min
Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan56 min
Jul 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas38 min
Jul 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton61 min
Jul 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 min
Jul 3, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton, Phillips57 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.