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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

May 3, 1994Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1994, 7:14 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 1994, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1994, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Wallace County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 7:33 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Weskan, KS	Brief tornado occurred in open area.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 040116
TORGLD
KSC199-040215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
714 PM MDT TUE MAY 3 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WALLACE COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 13
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SHARON SPRINGS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GOODLAND. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL CROSS U.S.
HIGHWAY 40...2 MILES WEST OF THE WALLACE / LOGAN COUNTY LINE...BY 720 PM
MDT.
 
ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESKAN...OR
30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND.  THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTH AND
WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN WESTERN WALLACE COUNTY THROUGH 815 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.
 
BARKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	56 min
May 3, 6:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan	62 min
May 3, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	55 min
May 3, 7:35 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	55 min
May 3, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	27 min
May 3, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	33 min
May 3, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.