Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1993, 9:44 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 10:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 270247 RRA SVRDDC KSC101-135-270315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 944 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN LANE COUNTY...WESTERN NESS COUNTY AT 9:42 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DIGHTON...OR 30 MILES WEST OF NESS CITY...TO 5 MILES WEST OF NESS CITY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TTHE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OVER OPEN FARMLAND THROUGH 10:15 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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, Jun 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 903 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THIER WAY THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST HAYS AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 915 PM CDT. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY TO HAYS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO GREAT BEND LINE BY 940 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE SCOTT CITY...NESS CITY...AND LARNED AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THESE APPROACHING STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE...TO THE COLORADO BORDER...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE WEATHER WISE TO THE SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:06 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 903 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THIER WAY THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST HAYS AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 915 PM CDT. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY TO HAYS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE ALONG A SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO GREAT BEND LINE BY 940 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE SCOTT CITY...NESS CITY...AND LARNED AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THESE APPROACHING STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE...TO THE COLORADO BORDER...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE WEATHER WISE TO THE SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. VAN TRESS J
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:19 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ009-270315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 919 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH: PRATT...STAFFORD...AND BARBER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...AND ST. JOHN. AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NO THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF PRATT...ST. JOHN...OR MEDICINE LODGE. PERSONS IN THE THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ009-270315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 919 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH: PRATT...STAFFORD...AND BARBER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE: PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...AND ST. JOHN. AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NO THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF PRATT...ST. JOHN...OR MEDICINE LODGE. PERSONS IN THE THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROdACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-270345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 937 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 9:35 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KEARNY...FINNEY..HODGEMAN...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES BY 10 PM CDT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR STAFFORD...PRATT...AND BARBER COUNTIES. THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:39 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-270345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 937 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 9:35 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KEARNY...FINNEY..HODGEMAN...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES BY 10 PM CDT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR STAFFORD...PRATT...AND BARBER COUNTIES. THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SZKIL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.