Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 9:05 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 9:05 PM MDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 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 070305 TORGLD KSC181-070400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 905 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SHERMAN COUNTY AT 903 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND...18 NORTHWEST OF RULTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR GOODLAND AREA BY 935 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, 3 hours 21 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, 3 hours 18 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, 3 hours 16 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
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:35 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 832 PM MDT (932 PM CDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ROOKS..PHILLIPS..GRAHAM..NORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 832 PM MDT (932 PM CDT) THE TORNADO WARNING FOR THOMAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE STORMS HAVE DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THOMAS COUNTY...NEAR COLBY. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A POINT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLBY BY 10 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM. 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, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 69 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, 9:46 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.