Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1993, 4:56 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1993, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 10:56 AM CDT, 6 hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 29, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DIGHTON...DODGE CITY...AND ASHLAND. OTHER TOWNS IN THE WATCH ARE SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...LIBERAL...AND ELKHART. AT 315 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN THE ELKHART AREA....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CIMARRON NATIONAL GRASSLANDS THROUGH 4 PM CDT...AND PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND KNOW WHERE TO GO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DIGHTON...DODGE CITY...AND ASHLAND. OTHER TOWNS IN THE WATCH ARE SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...LIBERAL...AND ELKHART. AT 315 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN THE ELKHART AREA....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CIMARRON NATIONAL GRASSLANDS THROUGH 4 PM CDT...AND PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND KNOW WHERE TO GO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:27 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 425 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED WEST OF A JETMORE TO ASHLAND LINE. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA WEST OF A DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND LINE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HANSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 425 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED WEST OF A JETMORE TO ASHLAND LINE. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA WEST OF A DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND LINE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HANSON v
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 min |
| May 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| May 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 47 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.