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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 6:21 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 070025 TORGLD KSC181-070130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 621 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SHERMAN COUNTY AT 622 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR GOODLAND BY 710 PM MDT. 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. BOYLE
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 6, 5:44 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT (640 PM CDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 535 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR IDALIA COLORADO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INCLUDING THE CITY OF ST FRANCIS BY 615 PM MDT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DUE BECOME SEVERE AND CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR FIRST PARA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT (640 PM CDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 535 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR IDALIA COLORADO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF ST FRANCIS BY 615 PM MDT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DUE BECOME SEVERE AND CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:49 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SECOND CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT (640 PM CDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 535 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS NEAR IDALIA COLORADO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS INCLUDING THE CITY OF ST FRANCIS BY 615 PM MDT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DO BECOME SEVERE AND CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 9:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 9:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 11:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 11:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 11:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 11:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 12:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 12:23 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 65 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.