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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 6:05 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1993, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kit Carson County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 KCOS 100004 TORCOS COC063-100030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 605 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF JOES IN EXTREME NORTHER CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILAPBLE...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.
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
Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
247 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993
FOR SEVERE REPORTS OCCURRING THU JUL 8 1993.
...PRELIMINARY...
COUNTY LOCATION TIME-MDT REPORT
SHERMAN 3N RULETON 527 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
SHERMAN GOODLAND 533 PM 62 MPH GUST AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
SHERMAN 3N GOODLAND 535 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
SHERMAN 10N GOODLAND 555 PM 2.75 INCH HAIL
CHEYENNE 17SE ST FRANCIS 600 PM 0.75 INCH HAIL
CHEYENNE 8NE ST FRANCIS 600 PM ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS
PHILLIPS GLADE 600 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS BLEW
ROOF OFF MOBILE HOME
SHERMAN 6N GOODLAND 603 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
RAWLINS 12S MCDONALD 617 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
NORTON 6W NORTON 636 PM PROBABLE TORNADO BLEW ROOF
OFF OF BUILDING REPORTED BY
NORTON SHERIFFS OFFICE
NORTON NORTON 655 PM ESTIMATED 90 MPH WINDS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE
REPORTED BY NORTON SHERIFFS
OFFICE
CHEYENNE 17SE ST FRANCIS 700 PM 1.00 INCH HAIL
PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 700 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS CAUSED
ROOF DAMAGE AND BLEW DOWN
SEVERAL LARGE TREES
CHEYENNE ST FRANCIS 705 PM 61 MPH GUST
NORTON 1W LENORA 715 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS TOOK
ROOF OFF BUILDING...REPORTED
BY NORTON SHERIFFS OFFICE
GRAHAM BOGUE 858 PM 1.00 INCH HAIL
ROOKS ZURICH 926 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
PHILLIPS GLADE 1055 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
GRAHAM 8S PENOKEE 1115 PM 0.75 INCH HAILLocal storm report, Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
247 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993
FOR SEVERE REPORTS OCCURRING THU JUL 8 1993.
...PRELIMINARY...
COUNTY LOCATION TIME-MDT REPORT
SHERMAN 3N RULETON 527 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
SHERMAN GOODLAND 533 PM 62 MPH GUST AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
SHERMAN 3N GOODLAND 535 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
SHERMAN 10N GOODLAND 555 PM 2.75 INCH HAIL
CHEYENNE 17SE ST FRANCIS 600 PM 0.75 INCH HAIL
CHEYENNE 8NE ST FRANCIS 600 PM ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS
PHILLIPS GLADE 600 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS BLEW
ROOF OFF MOBILE HOME
SHERMAN 6N GOODLAND 603 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
RAWLINS 12S MCDONALD 617 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
NORTON 6W NORTON 636 PM PROBABLE TORNADO BLEW ROOF
OFF OF BUILDING REPORTED BY
NORTON SHERIFFS OFFICE
NORTON NORTON 655 PM ESTIMATED 90 MPH WINDS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE
REPORTED BY NORTON SHERIFFS
OFFICE
CHEYENNE 17SE ST FRANCIS 700 PM 1.00 INCH HAIL
PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 700 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS CAUSED
ROOF DAMAGE AND BLEW DOWN
SEVERAL LARGE TREES
CHEYENNE ST FRANCIS 705 PM 61 MPH GUST
NORTON 1W LENORA 715 PM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS TOOK
ROOF OFF BUILDING...REPORTED
BY NORTON SHERIFFS OFFICE
GRAHAM BOGUE 858 PM 1.00 INCH HAIL
ROOKS ZURICH 926 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
PHILLIPS GLADE 1055 PM 1.75 INCH HAIL
GRAHAM 8S PENOKEE 1115 PM 0.75 INCH HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 7:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 7:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 8:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 10:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 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.