Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1993, 4:54 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1993, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 222155 RRA SVRDDC KSC187-222245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...STANTON COUNTY AT 452 PM CDT (352 PM MDT) DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH JOHNSON CITY THROUGH 515 PM CDT (415 PM MDT). THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN JOHNSON CITY...TAKE SHELTER NOW! 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. XDAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 22, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 347 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 345 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CLARK COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE TO GREENSBURG BY 445 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN COLORADO TO THE WEST OF STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES. THOSE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE IN TO THE WESTERN PARTS OF STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES BY 415 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A WAKEENY TO COLDWATER LINE. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTWEST KANSAS...STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. REVIEW YOUR TORNADO SAFETY RULES...AND KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 347 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 345 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN EAST CLARK COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE TO GREENSBURG BY 445 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL IN COLORADO TO THE WEST OF STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES. THOSE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE IN TO THE WESTERN PARTS OF STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES BY 415 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A WAKEENY TO COLDWATER LINE. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTWEST KANSAS...STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. REVIEW YOUR TORNADO SAFETY RULES...AND KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVbERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:28 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 428 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 290 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA INCLUDING HAYS...ST. JOHN...PRATT...AND MEDICINE LODGE. ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS NOW IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:29 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 428 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 290 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA INCLUDING HAYS...ST. JOHN...PRATT...AND MEDICINE LODGE. ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS NOW IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WhATCH AREA. KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:43 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 443 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CROSSING THE COLORADO BORDER... AT 440 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST STANTON AND NORTHWEST MORTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...AND SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY THORUGH 515 PM CDT (415 PM MDT). THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF STORMS APPROACH...STAY INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 4:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 443 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CROSSING THE COLORADO BORDER... AT 440 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST STANTON AND NORTHWEST MORTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...AND SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR JOHNSON CITY THORUGH 515 PM CDT (415 PM MDT). THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF STORMS APPROACH...STAY INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 20 min |
| May 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| May 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.