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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1994, 7:59 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greeley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 3341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 070200 TORGLD KSC071-070300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 759 PM MDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTY AT 754 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIBUNE OR 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS ACROSS HIGHWAY 27 8 MILES SOUTH OF TRIBUNE BY 830 PM MDT. 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.
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 6, 4:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
COZ090>092-062305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 405 PM MDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 355 PM MDT (455 PM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHEYENNE COUNTY OF COLORADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILD HORSE...AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE STORM INTO AROYA BY 430 PM MDT. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNER IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BULLER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
COC017-063-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 448 PM MDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN COLORADO... AT 445 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS TO 30 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE WELLS. MOVEENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. J THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SIEBERT AND VONA BY 500 PM MDT...AND INTO FIRST VIEW BY 530 PM. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 9:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 9:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 55 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.