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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 1993Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1993, 7:53 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Lane County, KS

The radar

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The text

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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 19, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-192330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...

AT 525 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY AND IN THE KALVESTA AREA...25
MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY BY 600 PM CDT IN
THE SCOTT CITY AND KALVESTA AREAS.  PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
NESS CITY...GREAT BEND LINE THROUGH 700 PM CDT.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-192330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...

AT 525 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY AND IN THE KALVESTA AREA...25
MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY BY 600 PM CDT IN
THE SCOTT CITY AND KALVESTA AREAS.  PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF A
NESS CITY...GREAT BEND LINE THROUGH 700 PM CDT.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY NEAR THE CIMMARRON
RIVER DURING THROUGH 610 PM CDT...THEN APPROACH THE MEADE STATE LAKE
AREA AFTER 630 PM CDT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN
LIBERAL AND MEDICINE LODGE AND IN THE SCOTT CITY AND KALVESTA AREAS...25
MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.  AT 530 PM
CDT A SPOTTER 5 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL REPORTED 40 TO 45 MILE AN HOUR
WINDS AS THIS STORM PASSED.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
SHOULD BE PREPRARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
EVENING.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.  NEVER TAKE SHELTER UNDER A TREE AS LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE
THE TREE.

CRAVEN

&
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY NEAR THE CIMMARRON
RIVER DURING THROUGH 610 PM CDT...THEN APPROACH THE MEADE STATE LAKE
AREA AFTER 630 PM CDT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN
LIBERAL AND MEDICINE LODGE AND IN THE SCOTT CITY AND KALVESTA AREAS...25
MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.  AT 530 PM
CDT A SPOTTER 5 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL REPORTED 40 TO 45 MILE AN HOUR
WINDS AS THIS STORM PASSED.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
SHOULD BE PREPRARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
EVENING.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.  NEVER TATKE SHELTER UNDER A TREE AS LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE
THE TREE.

CRAVEN

&
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess27 min
Aug 19, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess40 min
Aug 19, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.