Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 1:03 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 080604 RRA SVRDDC KSC033-097-080645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 103 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY AT 100 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY. STORMS WERE 5 TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER AND ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PROTECTION. THIS AREA IS ABOUT 20 TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. PERSONS IN COLDWATER...PROTECTION...WILMORE AND SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND ARE POSSIBLE. HUTTON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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, 7:03 PM CDT, 6 hours 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 hours 59 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
Local storm report, May 7, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1045 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS FOR FRI MAY 7 1993
TIME CDT LOCATION EVENT
________________________________________________________________
415 PM TIMKEN, HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
RUSH, CO.
415 PM BISON, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
RUSH CO.
416 PM VICTORIA, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
ELLIS CO.
516 PM 5S LARNED, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
PAWNEE CO.
531 PM 2NW MACKSVILLE, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
540 PM 3S RADIUM, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
542 PM 10SW BELVIDERE, TORNADO
KIOWA CO.
549 PM 2NE LARNED, TORNADO
PAWNEE CO.
554 PM 2SW HAVILAND, DIME SIZE HAIL
KIOWA CO.
558 PM 3S SEWARD, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
559 PM 7S GREESBURG, TORNADO
KIOWA CO.
639 PM 5SE TROUSDALE, 1 INCH HAIL
EDWARDS CO.
719 PM 4NW BYERS, DIME SIZE HAIL
PRATT CO.
725 PM 4NW BYERS, TORNADO
PRATT CO.
730 PM 5SW ST. JOHN, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
750 PM 1/2SW ST. JOHN TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
5S ST. JOHN, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
758 PM 20NE ST. JOHN, 65MPH WINDS
STAFFORD CO.
805 PM 2E HUDSON, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
SZKILLocal storm report, May 7, 10:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1045 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS FOR FRI MAY 7 1993
TIME CDT LOCATION EVENT
________________________________________________________________
415 PM TIMKEN, HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
RUSH, CO.
415 PM BISON, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
RUSH CO.
416 PM VICTORIA, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
ELLIS CO.
516 PM 5S LARNED, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
PAWNEE CO.
531 PM 2NW MACKSVILLE, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
540 PM 3S RADIUM, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
542 PM 10SW BELVIDERE, TORNADO
KIOWA CO.
549 PM 2NE LARNED, TORNADO
PAWNEE CO.
554 PM 2SW HAVILAND, DIME SIZE HAIL
KIOWA CO.
558 PM 3S SEWARD, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
559 PM 7S GREESBURG, TORNADO
KIOWA CO.
639 PM 5SE TROUSDALE, 1 INCH HAIL
EDWARDS CO.
719 PM 4NW BYERS, DIME SIZE HAIL
PRATT CO.
725 PM 4NW BYERS, TORNADO
PRATT CO.
730 PM 5SW ST. JOHN, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
750 PM 1/2SW ST. JOHN TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
5S ST. JOHN, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
758 PM 20NE ST. JOHN, 65MPH WINDS
STAFFORD CO.
805 PM 2E HUDSON, TORNADO
STAFFORD CO.
SZKILSpecial weather statement, May 8, 12:54 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ003-006-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1254 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING BACK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... DOPPLER RADAR AT 1247 AM INDICATED CLUSTERS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CLARK...COMANCHE AND BARBER COUNTIES BY 105 AM. PERSONS NEAR SITKA...BUTTERMILK...AETNA AND HARDTNER CAN EXPECT STORMS AFTER 1 AM...INCLUDING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THROUGH 130 AM. STAY ABREAST TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:56 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ003-006-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1254 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING BACK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS... DOPPLER RADAR AT 1247 AM INDICATED CLUSTERS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS FROM NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CLARK...COMANCHE AND BARBER COUNTIES BY 105 AM. PERSONS NEAR SITKA...BUTTERMILK...AETNA AND HARDTNER CAN EXPECT STORMS AFTER 1 AM...INCLUDING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THROUGH 130 AM. STAY ABREAST TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 36 min |
| 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, 1:48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.