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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Goodland, KS

July 8, 1993Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1993, 5:56 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 6:41 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1993-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 082356
TORGLD
KSC181-090100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
556 PM MDT THU JUL 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SHERMAN COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH
OF GOODLAND ...11 NORTHWEST OF EDSON. GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
HAS BEEN REORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY.
 
 
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.
 
 
GJ/RB
 
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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 8, 3:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-082325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
321 PM MDT (421 PM CDT) THU JUL 8 1993

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR ALL
OF NORTHWEST KANSAS EXCEPT PHILLIPS AND ROOKS COUNTIES.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AS OF 315 PM
MDT. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE FORMING OVER COLORADO ARE
EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...DRENCHING RAINS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-082340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
436 PM MDT (536 PM CDT) THU JUL 8 1993

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10
PM CDT( 9 PM MDT)...

AT 425 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON
COLORADO.  A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IF THE STORM WOULD CONTINUE ITS PATH THE STORM WILL CROSS
INTO WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY WEST OF GOODLAND BY AROUND 525
PM MDT.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

HGJ/RB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman67 min
Jul 7, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace67 min
Jul 7, 9:19 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman56 min
Jul 7, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne70 min
Jul 7, 9:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley64 min
Jul 7, 9:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas57 min
Jul 7, 10:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace61 min
Jul 7, 10:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins58 min
Jul 7, 10:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jul 7, 10:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman3 hr
Jul 7, 10:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan3 hr
Jul 7, 10:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas69 min
Jul 7, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur60 min
Jul 7, 11:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton62 min
Jul 7, 11:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman56 min
Jul 7, 11:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips59 min
Jul 8, 12:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman31 min
Jul 8, 12:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne41 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove60 min
Jul 8, 5:04 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman56 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne57 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas55 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.