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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 9:00 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 9:00 PM MDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1993, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 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, 3.0 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 100300 TORCOS COC017-063-100330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 900 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AT 9PM MDT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TRACKING A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COVERING SOUTHEAST KIT CARSON COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY... ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WELLS. LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 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, 1 hour 43 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 &
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:09 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ001-100315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 809 PM MDT (909 PM CDT) FRI JUL 9 1993 AT 805 PM MDT..THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SHERMAN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WERE IN THE VICINITY OF GOODLAND AT 8O5 PM MDT. THESE ARE NOT SEVERE STORMS..ALTHOUGH..GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS ACROSS THE REGION. ELSEWHERE..VERY STRONG SvTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND MAY MOVE INTO WESTER KANSAS BY 9 PM MDT. 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, 8:04 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, 9:33 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 |
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.