Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 8:05 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 592 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF AN ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AT 545 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THOSE PLANNING ON ATTENDING FIREWORKS DISPLAYS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON ~
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 592 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF AN ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AT 545 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THOSE PLANNING ON ATTENDING FIREWORKS DISPLAYS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON ~
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 629 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY BETWEEN LACROSSE AND LARNED... AT 627 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LACROSSE AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE AREA EAST OF ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 629 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY BETWEEN LACROSSE AND LARNED... AT 627 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LACROSSE AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE AREA EAST OF ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 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.