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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1993, 7:40 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 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, 0.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 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 KGLD 050043 TORGLD KSC039-050145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 640 PM MDT (740 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT (845 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...DECATUR COUNTY AT 738 PM CDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN DECATUR COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF OBERLIN...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS OVER JENNINGS BY 800 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NOT BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 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 4, 4:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ004-005-007-042205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 307 PM MDT (407 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNDAO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83. AT 400 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND OUTDOOR FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING NEED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. 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 4, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-042255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 352 PM MDT (452 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 450 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...11 MILES NORTH OF KANORADO...OR 18 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED NORTHEAST OF THIS LINE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRD CITY...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND A BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. REMEMBER...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DURING A TORNADO EVENT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-042355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 456 PM MDT (556 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 549 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATWOOD. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. REMEMBER...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DURING A TORNADO EVENT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT) SUN JUL 4 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 701 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLBY...TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE THUNDERSOTRM WAS LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLBY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WIL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN DECATUR COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THAT PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS EAST OF A LINE EXTEN&DING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLBY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 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.