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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 29, 1993Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1993, 8:29 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1993, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1993, 9:11 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Hodgeman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2846 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
9.5

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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 29, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 652 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WAKEENEY...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
SCOTT CITY.  WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS LINE...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STORMS SHOULD BE INTO THE UTICA...ARNOLD AND ALAMOTA AREAS BY 705 PM AND
INTO THE CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR AREA BY 720 PM.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TH^ROUGH
MIDNIGHT.   IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:31 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-300130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...BOATERS SHOULD BE OFF THE WATER AT CEDAR BLUFF RESEVOIR...

AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CEDAR BLUFF
RESEVOIR...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM 2O MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORMS...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS.  IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...A CAR IS GOOD SHELTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
AREA NORTH OF AN ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO KINSLEY LINE.

HANSON

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-300130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...BOATERS SHOULD BE OFF THE WATER AT CEDAR BLUFF RESEVOIR...

AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CEDAR BLUFF
RESEVOIR...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM 2O MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORMS...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS.  IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...A CAR IS GOOD SHELTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
AREA NORTH OF AN ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO KINSLEY LINE.

HANSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:54 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NESS COUNTY...

AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG WALNUT CREEK...AND SHOULD CROSS
HIGHWAY 283 SOUTH OF NESS CITY BY 825 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL IT
PASSES.

HANSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:56 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NESS COUNTY...

AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG WALNUT CREEK...AND SHOULD CROSS
HIGHWAY 283 SOUTH OF NESS CITY BY 825 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL IT
PASSES.

HANSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis33 min
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney45 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess46 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney23 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.