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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, Aug 19, 5:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 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, 3 hours 9 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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 54 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, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 40 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.