Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 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 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 1523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2365 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 270030 RRA SVRDDC KSC195-270130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED TIME OF DAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 725 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...TREGO COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAKEENEY AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAKEENEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY NEAR THE SALINE RIVER NORTH OF OGALLAH THROUGH 750 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE WAKEENEY AND TREGO CENTER AREA AROUND 800 PM CDT. 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. CRAVEN
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 26, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ002-005-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 549 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SCOTT... LANE...NESS...AND TREGO COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PARTS OF TREGO AND LANE COUNTIES AFTER 700 PM CDT. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THIS EVENING IN THE SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...AND WAKEENEY AREAS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ002-005-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 549 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SCOTT... LANE...NESS...AND TREGO COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SYRACUSE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PARTS OF TREGO AND LANE COUNTIES AFTER 700 PM CDT. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THIS EVENING IN THE SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...AND WAKEENEY AREAS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. CRbAVEN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:27 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ005-008-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 627 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO TREGO COUNTY... AT 622 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO COLLYER...10 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF TREGO COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MARCH EAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE WAKEENEY AREA BETWEEN 645 AND 700 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS SO AVOID USING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES SUCH AS A TELEPHONE DURING A THUNDERSTORM. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:28 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ005-008-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 627 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO TREGO COUNTY... AT 622 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO COLLYER...10 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF TREGO COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MARCH EAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE WAKEENEY AREA BETWEEN 645 AND 700 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REM EMBER...LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS SO AVOID USING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES SUCH AS A TELEPHONE DURING A THUNDERSTORM. CRAVEN
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:37 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993
TIME CDT LOCATION EVENT
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610 PM CDT 16 MILES NORTH HAIL SIZE OF BETWEEN 1/2
OF SCOTT CITY AND 3/4 INCH. WIND GUSTS
SCOTT COUNTY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.
(REPORTED FROM DEPUTY ON
GOVE COUNTY LINE ALONG
HIGHWAY 83).
CRAVENLocal storm report, Jul 26, 6:38 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
637 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993
TIME CDT LOCATION EVENT
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610 PM CDT 16 MILES NORTH HAIL SIZE OF BETWEEN 1/2
OF SCOTT CITY AND 3/4 INCH. WIND GUSTS
SCOTT COUNTY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.
(REPORTED FROM DEPUTY ON
GOVE COUNTY LINE ALONG
HIGHWAY 83).
CRAVENNearby
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.