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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 1993Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 8:59 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Thomas County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 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, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 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, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman67 min
Jul 6, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman69 min
Jul 6, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman68 min
Jul 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jul 6, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman59 min
Jul 6, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas66 min
Jul 7, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman67 min
Jul 7, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan60 min
Jul 7, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan64 min
Jul 7, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham55 min
Jul 7, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove60 min
Jul 7, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton41 min
Jul 7, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham46 min
Jul 7, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks65 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.