Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1993, 8:53 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1993, 8:53 PM MDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1993, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDDC 030253 RRA SVRDDC KSC075-030345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 953 PM CDT (853 PM MDT) WED JUN 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT (945 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 945 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN PROWERS COUNTY OF COLORADO AND THESE STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO HAMILTON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SYCACUSE AREA BY AROUND 10 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN HAMILTON COUNTY...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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. MB
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, Jun 2, 5:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 628 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE THROUGH SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). THE FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: FINNEY...GRANT...HAMILTON...HASKELL....KEARNY...MORTON...SEWARD STANTON...STEVENS...AND SCOTT. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...SYRACUSE...ULYSSES...ELKHART...AND SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATHCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MVT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 628 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE THROUGH SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). THE FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: FINNEY...GRANT...HAMILTON...HASKELL....KEARNY...MORTON...SEWARD STANTON...STEVENS...AND SCOTT. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...SYRACUSE...ULYSSES...ELKHART...AND SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATHCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MVT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STROMS WERE STILL ABOUT 15 MILES WITHIN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO CROSS INTO KANSAS...IN THE COOLIDGE...SYRACUSE...AND JOHNSON AREAS BY 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT). THESE STORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO WERE VERY STRONG AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE INCLUDING SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). PERSONS OUTSIDE IN HAMILTON...AND STANTON COUNTIES SHOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING A HEAD START ON THESE STORMS...AND MOVING TO SAVE SHELTER NOW. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STROMS WERE STILL ABOUT 15 MILES WITHIN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO CROSS INTO KANSAS...IN THE COOLIDGE...SYRACUSE...AND JOHNSON AREAS BY 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT). THESE STORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO WERE VERY STRONG AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE INCLUDING SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). PERSONS OUTSIDE IN HAMILTON...AND STANTON COUNTIES SHOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING A HEAD START ON THESE STORMS...AND MOVING TO SAVE SHELTER NOW. VAN TRESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 9:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 9:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 9:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 10:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 1:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 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.