Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1993, 4:50 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1993, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 KDDC 302153 SVRDDC KSC057-069-302230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 450 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN FORD COUNTY...SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH ENSIGN BY 515 PM CDT. YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 30, 4:14 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ006-302215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 412 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 ...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 410 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF MONTEZUMA OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ENSIGN AREA BY 430 PM AND POSSIBLY TO NEAR DODGE CITY BY A LITTLE AFTER 5 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAHTER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ005-302230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 429 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST NESS COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH UTICA AND ARNOLD AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY BY AROUND 5 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MB &
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 445 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND CENTRAL KANSAS THAT ARE IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...TREGO...ELLIS...NESS...RUSH...HODGEMAN...PAWNEE... STAFFORD...GRAY...FORD...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PRATT...MEADE...CLARK ...COMANCHE...AND BARBER. SOME CITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE...DODGE CITY...HAYS...PRATT...LARNED...GREENSBURG...AND NESS CITY. WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO OCCUR. IF YOU LIVE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED ROOM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 51 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.