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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 8:04 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 8:04 PM MDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1993, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 100204 RRA TORCOS COC017-063-100230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 804 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AT 8PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO LIKELY 10 SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE TOWNS OF CHEYENNE WELLS AND ARAPAHOE...CHEYENNE COUNTY...WITHIN THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. 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 REINFORCED BUILDING OR@ GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. CROWLEY
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, 5 hours 17 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, 5 hours 17 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 HAILSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 6:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ001-100145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 642 PM MDT (742 PM CDT) FRI JUL 9 1993 AT 635 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 19 WEST OF ST FRANCIS AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY IN THIS STORM. PERSONS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF ST FRANCIS SHOLD BE ALERT TO THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IS SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS IN THEIR AREA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL BE MOVING NEAR OR INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BETWEEN 645 PM AND 730 PM MDT. DORSEY &
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:17 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ001-100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 717 PM MDT (817 PM CDT) FRI JUL 9 1993 AT 715 PM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED IN CHEYENNE COUNTY WEST OF ST FRANCIS HAS DISSIPATED AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO PERSONS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY. OTHER STORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. DORSEY &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| 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, 8:30 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.