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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton, Phillips | 57 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.