Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1993, 7:09 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Byers, KS | Tornado developed northwest of Byers and moved to the northeast into Stafford County. The tornado was 1/4 of a mile wide as it crossed the county line into Stafford County. |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | St. John, KS | Tornado touched down in open farmland. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, May 7, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP 15 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LACROSSE AREA BY AROUND 420 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT AND YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP 15 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LACROSSE AREA BY AROUND 420 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT AND YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ006-009-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COMMANCHE COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA JUST SOUTH OF COMMANCHE COUNTY KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD PASS TO JUST EAST OF COLDWATER OR INTO THE WILMORE AREA BY AROUND 5 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SO YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ006-009-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COMMANCHE COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA JUST SOUTH OF COMMANCHE COUNTY KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD PASS TO JUST EAST OF COLDWATER OR INTO THE WILMORE AREA BY AROUND 5 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SO YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:03 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KSZ008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE EAST OF HAYS... AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF HAYS AROUND VICTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 720 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE EAST OF HAYS... AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF HAYS AROUND VICTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 720 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF H0EAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| May 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.