Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 1:48 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, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 2:30 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 06:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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 TTAA00 KDDC 080649 RRA SVRDDC KSC033-097-080730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 148 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...COMANCHE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED... AT 143 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLDWATER OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE WILMORE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH BELVIDERE BY 2 AM. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE LIKELY WITH THESE SEVERE STORMS. ALSO...TORRENTIAL RAINFAL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HUTTON
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 8, 12:54 AM CDT, 54 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, 52 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, 1:38 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ006-009-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 138 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR PARTS OF BARBER COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 130 AM INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AETNA OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AETNA AREA BY 145 AM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN....HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS NEAR AETNA OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST COMMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:38 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ006-009-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 138 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADING FOR PARTS OF BARBER COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 130 AM INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AETNA OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AETNA AREA BY 145 AM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN....HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS NEAR AETNA OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST COMMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:45 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ003-005-006-008-009-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 145 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...NESS...TREGO...ELLIS...RUSH...CLARK...MEADE...FORD...SEWARD... GRAY...HODGEMAN...BARBER...COMMANCHE...KIOWA...STAFFORD...EDWARDS... PAWNEE...AND PRATT. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DODEGE CITY...LIBERAL...PRATT...HAYS...AND MEDICINE LODGE. A TORNADO WAATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:46 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
KSZ003-005-006-008-009-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 145 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...NESS...TREGO...ELLIS...RUSH...CLARK...MEADE...FORD...SEWARD... GRAY...HODGEMAN...BARBER...COMMANCHE...KIOWA...STAFFORD...EDWARDS... PAWNEE...AND PRATT. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DODEGE CITY...LIBERAL...PRATT...HAYS...AND MEDICINE LODGE. A TORNADO WAATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
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, 1:03 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.