Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1993, 11:20 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1993, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, Sep 18, 6:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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KSC051-190115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 AT 715 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST ELLIS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE HAYS AREA BY 745 PM CDT...AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN HAYS AND YOCEMENTO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING WHEN THESE STORMS MOVE IN...AND REMAIN UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. LETRO
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KSZ003-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 753 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL...INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR WOODS IN EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY BY 800 PM CDT...700 PM MDT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES THROUGH. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...YOU SHOULD FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT...10 PM MDT. LETRO
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 39 min |
| Sep 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 15 min |
| Sep 18, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 19 min |
| Sep 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 16 min |
| Sep 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 22 min |
| Sep 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.