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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS

August 7, 1994Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 1994, 8:27 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1994, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1994, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dundy County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1994-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1994-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-89 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 080228
TORGLD
NEC057-080330-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
827 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

   ...DUNDY COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM MDT (925 PM CDT)...GOODLAND RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER
OPEN COUNTRY OF DUNDY COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENKELMAN OR 65
MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY PASS NEAR PARKS AND BENKELMAN BY 920 PM MDT (1020 PM
CDT).

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
IMMEDIATELY!

VJN

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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 7, 7:44 PM MDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:44 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
744 PM MDT (844 PM CDT) SUN AUG 7 1994

DUE TO SVR WX IN CWA...WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT TWO
PERIODS AS THEY LOOK OK.

GLD   61/95 2-   HLC  65/94 3-
CBK   63/94 2-   MCK  63/92 3-
TRB   62/96 2-   5C0  60/95 2-

TURNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:20 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ027-041-072325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
420 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994

AT 416 PM MDT (516 PM CDT) DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WALLACE COUNTY KANSAS SOUTHWEST OF SHARON
SPRINGS OR NEAR WESKAN. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND STAY ALERT FOR
ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LUCAS
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
COZ090-092-KSZ001-027-041-072330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...ADD YUMA CO AND CHEYENNE KS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
431 PM MDT (531 PM CDT) SUN AUG 7 1994

AT 416 PM MDT (516 PM CDT) DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WALLACE COUNTY KANSAS SOUTHWEST OF SHARON
SPRINGS OR NEAR WESKAN. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO NOTED OVER EXTREME WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY OF
KANSAS NORTHWEST OF STAINT FRANCIS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND STAY ALERT FOR
ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LUCAS
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
COZ092-080035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
   COLORADO HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 600 PM MDT...GOODLAND RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.  THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND WILL NOT BE RE-ISSUED.

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy59 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.