Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1993, 1:55 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1993, 1:55 PM MDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1993, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greeley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 KGLD 021956 TORGLD KSC071-022100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 155 PM MDT MON AUG 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN GREELEY COUNTY AT 155 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO DEVELOPING 10 MILES NORTH OF TRIBUNE...OR 44 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND. THE STORM WAS HEADING EAST AT 20 MPH. IT SHOULD CROSS OPEN COUNTRY NORTH OF TRIBUNE UNTIL ABOUT 300 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. JJK
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, Aug 2, 9:24 AM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-021625- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 922 AM MDT (1022 AM CDT) MON AUG 2 1993 ...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 920 AM MDT(1020 AM CDT) RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS OUT OF NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ST FRANCIS AND ATWOOD WITH SOME STORMS DEVELOPING AROUND COLBY KANSAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS AREP LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND SHOULD PASS BY THE CITIES OF COLBY..OBERLIN AND HOXIE BY 1115 AM MDT (1215 PM CDT). BOYLE
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:22 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-020400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 954 AM MDT (1054 AM CDT) SUN AUG 1 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS: CHEYENNE DECATUR GOVE GRAHAM GREELEY LOGAN NORTON PHILLIPS RAWLINS ROOKS SHERIDAN SHERMAN THOMAS WALLACE WICHITA SYNOPSIS: A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. OVERRUNN"ING CONITIONS TODAY WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:42 AM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-021735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1042 AM MDT (1142 AM CDT) MON AUG 2 1993 ...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER NORTHWEST NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 1030 AM MDT(1130 AM CDT) RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM AROUND ATWOOD TO NORTH OF WAKEENEY KANSAS. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH HAVE OCCURRED WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WHILE PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND 17 MILES WEST OF NORTON NEAR NORCATUR. WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AROUND GOODLAND AND COLBY UNTIL 11 AM MDT THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD REACH PHILLIPSBURG AND WAKEENEY BY 12 NOON C DT. BOYLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 46 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.