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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1994, 6:31 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 10, 1994, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rawlins County, KS, Thomas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Colby, KS | Brief tornado observed by ham radio spotters. |
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 KGLD 102332 TORGLD KSC153-193-110030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 531 PM MDT (631 PM CDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT (730 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN RAWLINS COUNTY...NORTHERN THOMAS COUNTY AT 530 PM MDT...630 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATWOOD...17 MILES NORTH OF COLBY...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS HIGHWAY 25 ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF COLBY BY 555 PM MDT...655 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNZERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. GAHAGAN
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 10, 2:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>005-013>017-027>029-041-042-102015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 113 PM MDT (213 PM CDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 108 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM NEAR BURLINGTON COLORADO TO NEAR IMPERIAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR BURLINGTON AND BETWEEN BENKELMAN AND IMPERIAL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARE FO*R ANOTHER ROUND OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE ALERT FOR ANY WARNING BULLETINS. LUCAS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ079>081-COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-102110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 208 PM MDT (308 PM CDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT (9 PM CDT)... ...THE WATCH IS ONLY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF YUMA COUNTY COLORADO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE `WATCH AREA INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR LATEST RADIO AND TV BROADCASTS TO KEEP TRACK OF THE WEATHER. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
NEZ079>081-COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-102110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 218 PM MDT (318 PM CDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT (9 PM CDT)... ...THE WATCH IS ONLY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF YUMA COUNTY COLORADO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR LATEST RADIO AND TV BROADCASTS TO KEEP TRACK OF THE WEATHER. KWIATKOWSKI/CORRECTED FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA IN HEADER
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 326 PM MDT (426 PM CDT) FRI JUN 10 1994 KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-102250- CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING GOODLAND...COLBY...GOVE...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN AND MCCOOK ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT (9 PM CDT)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS THREATEN TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CAREFULLY TO AVOID GETTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. OTHERWISE...THIS EVENING SHOULD HAVE TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 60S TO THE LOWER 70S AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. KSZ004-005-016-017-102250- NORTON-PHILLIPS-GRAHAM-ROOKS- INCLUDING PHILLIPSBURG AND HILL CITY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OR HAIL. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. COZ091-092-102250- KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING BURLINGTON ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE KANSAS BORDER. THESE STORMS THREATEN TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CAREFULLY TO AVOID GETTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. OTHERWISE...THIS EVENING SHOULD HAVE TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID 60S TO THE LOWER 70S AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. COZ090-102250- YUMA- INCLUDING YUMA ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE KANSAS BORDER. THESE STORMS THREATEN TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CAREFULLY TO AVOID GETTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. OTHERWISE...THIS EVENING SHOULD HAVE TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR 60 BY 10 PM MDT...AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. KWIATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 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.