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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

June 7, 1994Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 7:10 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 080012
TORGLD
KSC023-080115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT (710 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM MDT (815 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM MDT (705 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS OR 48 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GOODLAND. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THE STORM OVER RURAL AREAS
OF THE COUNTY.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  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
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
BULLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne65 min
Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne66 min
Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman64 min
Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas65 min
Jun 7, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman41 min
Jun 7, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton55 min
Jun 7, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips67 min
Jun 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton48 min
Jun 7, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham68 min
Jun 7, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham62 min
Jun 8, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton39 min
Jun 8, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks63 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDPhillips67 min
Jun 8, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne57 min
Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins66 min
Jun 8, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur57 min
Jun 8, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur48 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.