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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS

June 8, 1994Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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 1994-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 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 1994-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 090100
TORGLD
KSC023-090200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
700 PM MDT (800 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT (900 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
 
AT 755 PM CDT GOODLANDS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO
23 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST FRANCIS OR 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND.
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL PASS
OVER THE CHEYENNE CO BORDER 9 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BY 830 PM
CDT.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REJMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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, Jun 8, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
506 PM MDT (606 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
   6 PM MDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...
   SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT
   CDT)...

AT 5 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 18 MILES NORTH OF YUMA COLORADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES
NORTH OF YUMA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF YUMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM MDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES...ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS INTO LATE EVENING. FOR THIS
REASON A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
          YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
          DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
          CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...SHERMAN AND THOMAS

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE T*O SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-090150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
649 PM MDT (749 PM CDT) WED JUN 8 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 645 PM MDT GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES NO SEVERE WEATHER IN
THE WATCH AREA.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING OVER
PARTS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM HAGLER NEBRASKA TO MCCOOK
NEBRASKA AND THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

AT THIS TIME VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND
FAIRLY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM MDT
(9 PM CDT).

JENNER

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne69 min
Jun 8, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne67 min
Jun 8, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins69 min
Jun 8, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas67 min
Jun 8, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas57 min
Jun 8, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan35 min
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman55 min
Jun 8, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton65 min
Jun 8, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman61 min
Jun 8, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur68 min
Jun 8, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Thomas59 min
Jun 8, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace59 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove62 min
Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton65 min
Jun 9, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan58 min
Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove67 min
Jun 9, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace60 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.