Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1993, 6:19 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1993, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 292320 RRA SVRDDC KSC057-069-300000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 619 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...WESTERN FORD COUNTY...EASTERN GRAY COUNTY AT 617 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ENSIGN BY 635 PM. 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. 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 29, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 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, 3 hours 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, 1 hour 52 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, 1 hour 51 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ003-006-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS... AT 507 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN STANTON COUNTY 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE IN THE JOHNSON AREA BY 520 PM. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 505 PM...THE STANTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS FALLING IN MANTER. IF YOU LIVE NEAR JOHNSON...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE. LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISTION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HUTTON &
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ003-006-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS... AT 507 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN STANTON COUNTY 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE IN THE JOHNSON AREA BY 520 PM. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 505 PM...THE STANTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS FALLING IN MANTER. IF YOU LIVE NEAR JOHNSON...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE. LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISTION STATIONnS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HUTTON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| 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, 6:43 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.