Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1993, 11:04 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 11:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Finney County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
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 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, 9:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 42 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, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 25 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, 10:18 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-270415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1018 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 10:15 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LARNED TO 30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE GARDEN CITY AND LAKIN AREAS BY 10:45 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE DODGE CITY AND KINSLEY AREAS BY 11 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHNTING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING APPROACHES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-270415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1018 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 10:15 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LARNED TO 30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE GARDEN CITY AND LAKIN AREAS BY 10:45 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE DODGE CITY AND KINSLEY AREAS BY 11 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHNTING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING APPROACHES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 21 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.