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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 1993Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1993, 10:27 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1993, 10:27 PM MDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1993, 10:59 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, May 5, 4:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-052345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
540 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
JUST SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER...20 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON...
OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HUGOTON
AREA BY 615 PM CDT. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-052345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
540 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
JUST SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER...20 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON...
OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HUGOTON
AREA BY 615 PM CDT. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:23 PM MDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ003-060030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
624 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRANT
COUNTY...

AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
TO THE SOUTH OF ULYSSES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
THE ULYSSES AREA BY 645 PM CDT.

THIS STORM HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IF YOU
LIVE IN SOUTHERN GRANT TAKE SAFE SHELTER BUILDING IN A STURDY BUILDING
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:24 PM MDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ003-060030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
624 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRANT
COUNTY...

AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
TO THE SOUTH OF ULYSSES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
THE ULYSSES AREA BY 645 PM CDT.

THIS STORM HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IF YOU
LIVE IN SOUTHERN GRANT TAKE SAFE SHELTER BUILDING IN A STURDY BUILDING
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

BERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens50 min
May 5, 7:01 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCStevens29 min
May 5, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCMorton30 min
May 5, 7:29 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCStevens31 min
May 5, 7:46 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCMorton29 min
May 5, 7:57 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGrant33 min
May 5, 8:15 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCStevens45 min
May 5, 8:16 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCMorton29 min
May 5, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell67 min
May 5, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant33 min
May 5, 8:43 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGrant47 min
May 5, 8:48 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny27 min
May 5, 8:56 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCMorton34 min
May 5, 9:09 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCStanton51 min
May 5, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 min

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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.