Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1993, 8:28 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1993, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 230130 RRA SVRDDC KSC101-230230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 828 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LANE COUNTY AT 826 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES EAST OF SCOTT CITY...AND SHOULD ENTER LANE COUNTY BY 9 PM CDT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AMY AND DIGHTON SHOULD 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. DAMAGING 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, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 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, 3 hours 44 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, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HAYS... SYRACUSE... DODGE CITY... PRATT... AND LIBERAL. AT 630 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED TO THE WEST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF FORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NEEDED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HAYS... SYRACUSE... DODGE CITY... PRATT... AND LIBERAL. AT 630 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED TO THE WEST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF FORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NEEDED. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM HAYS TO LIBERAL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF HAYS...15 MILES WEST OF RUSH CENTER...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUBLETTE. ANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL IT MOVES ON. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WAKEENEY... GARDEN CITY... MEDICINE LODGE... AND ELKHART. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 726 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM HAYS TO LIBERAL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF HAYS...15 MILES WEST OF RUSH CENTER...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUBLETTE. ANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL IT MOVES ON. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WAKEENEY... GARDEN CITY... MEDICINE LODGE... AND ELKHART. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 68 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 45 min |
| May 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 48 min |
| May 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 44 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.