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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1993, 6:34 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 11 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 200033 TORCOS COC073-200045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 634 PM MDT MON JUL 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 632 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF ARRIBA...OR 20 EAST OF LIMON. THIS STORM IS DANGEROUS AND PERSONS IN ARRIBA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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` AVAILABLE...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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 241 PM MDT (341 PM CDT) MON JUL 19 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST FEW NIGHTS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REGION GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83 FOR TONIGHT. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORLMATION. BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:02 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 300 PM MDT (400 PM CDT) MON JUL 19 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST FEW NIGHTS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REGION GENERALLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83 FOR TONIGHT. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FTOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 69 min |
| Jul 19, 9:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert, Lincoln | 56 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.