Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1993, 10:31 AM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1993, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1993, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 4196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 011533 RRA SVRDDC KSC055-081-011615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1031 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY...NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 1028 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...HEADING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO OPEN COUNTY OVER NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY AROUND 1100 AM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT IS THE BEST LOCATION. CRAVEN IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Aug 1, 8:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ002-005-011430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 ...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS HEADING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 825 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WAKEENEY AREA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH THE NESS CITY AND SCOTT CITY AREAS BETWEEN 900 AND 930 AM. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF HARD DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE SCOTT CITY AND NESS CITY AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS INTO A STURDY SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR TREGO...SCOTT...LANE...AND NESS COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:55 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ002-005-011430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 955 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE GARDEN CITY...DODGE CITY...GT BEND... LIBERAL...PRATT AND SCOTT CITY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS AT 30 TO 35 MPH. DEADLY LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...STAY IN SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:57 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 9:59 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ002-005-011430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 955 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE GARDEN CITY...DODGE CITY...GT BEND... LIBERAL...PRATT AND SCOTT CITY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DMAGINRG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS AT 30 TO 35 MPH. DEADLY LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...STAY IN SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:24 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ002-005-008-011630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1024 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1020 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR GARDEN CITY. THUS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #746 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...LANE... NESS...AND RUSH COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:26 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ002-005-008-011630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1024 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1020 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR GARDEN CITY. THUS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #746 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT...LANE... NESS...AND RUSH COUNTIES. r ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.