Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1996, 4:34 AM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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 6, 1996, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1996, 5:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Oberlin, KS | |
| Jun 6, 5:15 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Dresden, KS |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jun 6, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 222 AM MDT (322 AM CDT) THU JUN 6 1996 HAVE WORDED ZONES FOR PCPN SHIELD MOVG SLOLY SWD ALONG NE/KS BORDER. FIRST SHOT OF NORTHERLY OUTFLOW CUD TOUCH A FEW RWS ALG 2ND TIER OF KS ZNS 13>15 THIS MRNG. FCST HAS GONE WITH INCRG H7 MOISTURE GENRLY N OF I-70 THRU EARLY FRI MRNG. WENT WELL BLO GUID FOR HIGHS IN NE ZNS AND UPR TIER OF KS ZNS PER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/CLOUDS AND CAA WORKING IN TDY WITH N FLO. THESE BOUNDARIES WIL MAKE TEMPS CONSDBLY COOLER THAN PREV FCSTS HAD GOING THROUGH TONITE. WIL KEEP TORNADO WATCH HEADLINE IN KS ZNS 3/4/15/16 TIL 12Z GLD 075/049/077 200 HLC 070/050/075 31- CBK 075/049/077 200 MCK 069/047/075 610 TRB 079/051/084 000 ITR 084/053/073 010 VOJTESAK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1120 PM MDT (1220 AM CDT) WED JUN 5 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND DECATUR...SHERIDAN...NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE HIGHLIGHTED COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM MDT (6 AM CDT). GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR ALREADY SHOWS A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD THIS AREA. BE PREPARED FOR WARNINGS. 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 TO A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. VJN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
COZ090-KSZ003-004-015-016-NEZ079>081-061005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 100 AM MDT (200 AM CDT) THU JUN 6 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YUMA COUNTY COLORADO ALONG WITH DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES NEBRASKA... ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA AS WELL AS DECATUR...NORTON...SHERIDAN AND GRAHAM COUNTIES KANSAS... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR STILL SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. EARLIER...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RED WILLOW COUNTY JUST EAST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA. ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS TONIGHT COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AS A RESULT...ALL CURRENT WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KPL
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:08 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
COZ090-NEZ079-061015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 308 AM MDT THU JUN 6 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY COLORADO...AND DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER EAST OF TRENTON NEBRASKA... ATWOOD KANSAS LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND POSE NO THREAT TO DUNDY AND YUMA COUNTIES. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:24 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
NEZ080-061030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 323 AM MDT (423 AM CDT) THU JUN 6 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR HITCHCOCK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED RAPIDLY INTO KANSAS AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO HITCHCOCK COUNTY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. VOJTESAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.