Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1993, 4:33 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1993, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 052135 RRA SVRDDC KSC025-057-052200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 433 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY AT 430 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARK STATE LAKE AND PARK...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH BUCKLIN BY 4:50 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND THOSE THAT ARE IN THE BUCKLIN AREA SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 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. SZKIL j
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, Sep 5, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ008-052115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CROSSING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ELLIS COUNTY... AT 313 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PHEIFER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ALONG THE SMOKEY HILL RIVER AND OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 345 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PHEIFER AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED AWAY. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ008-052115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CROSSING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ELLIS COUNTY... AT 313 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PHEIFER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ALONG THE SMOKEY HILL RIVER AND OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 345 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PHEIFER AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED AWAY. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:41 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ006-009-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #849 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BARBER...CLARK... COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...PRATT...AND STAFFORD. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ASHLAND...KINSLEY...GREENSBURG...COLDWATER... ST. JOHN...PRATT....LARNED...AND MEDICINE LODGE. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:43 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ006-009-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #849 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BARBER...CLARK... COMANCHE...EDWARDS...KIOWA...PAWNEE...PRATT...AND STAFFORD. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ASHLAND...KINSLEY...GREENSBURG...COLDWATER... ST. JOHN...PRATT....LARNED...AND MEDICINE LODGE. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES HEADING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 350 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTH OF LARNED TO NEAR DODGE CITY AND LIBERAL. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 500 PM CDT THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE KINSLEY...FORD...MEADE...AND LIBERAL AREAS. MARBLED SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING BEFORE THESE STORMS STRIKE YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT GENERALLY EAST OF A LARNED...KINSLEY...ASHLAND LINE. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:56 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 5 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES HEADING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 350 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTH OF LARNED TO NEAR DODGE CITY AND LIBERAL. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 500 PM CDT THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE KINSLEY...FORD...MEADE...AND LIBERAL AREAS. MARBLED SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. MOVE INDOORS INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING BEFORE THESE STORMS STRIKE YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT GENERALLY EAST OF A LARNED...KINSLEY...ASHLAND LINE. CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 24 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.