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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 1993Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 10:53 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1993, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1993, 11:22 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 040356 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC129-040430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1053 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MORTON COUNTY
 
AT 1050 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTH OF ELKHART KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OUT OF MORTON COUNTY BY AROUND 1130 PM
CDT.
 
THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST STANTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
 
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.
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
853 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

ADDITIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM JUN 3 1993 (EVENING EVENT).

TIME CDT         LOCATION                      EVENT
________________________________________________________________

656 PM           23SW LAKIN                    DIME TO PENNY SIZED
                 KEARNY CO.                    HAIL.

809 PM           KANSAS-COLORADO ST. LINE      GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 WEST OF JOHNSON CITY.
                 STANTON CO.

                 4E OF ST. LINE                GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

816 PM           MANTER                        GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

823 PM           WEST OF JOHNSON CITY ON       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
                 U.S HWY 160.
                 STANTON CO.

829 PM           JOHNSON CITY.                 PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

835 bPM           10S JOHNSON CITY.             DIME SIZE HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

VAN TRESS

Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT, 2 hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
853 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

ADDITIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM JUN 3 1993 (EVENING EVENT).

TIME CDT         LOCATION                      EVENT
________________________________________________________________

656 PM           23SW LAKIN                    DIME TO PENNY SIZED
                 KEARNY CO.                    HAIL.

809 PM           KANSAS-COLORADO ST. LINE      GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 WEST OF JOHNSON CITY.
                 STANTON CO.

                 4E OF ST. LINE                GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

816 PM           MANTER                        GOLFBALL HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

823 PM           WEST OF JOHNSON CITY ON       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
                 U.S HWY 160.
                 STANTON CO.

829 PM           JOHNSON CITY.                 PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

835 PM           10S JOHNSON CITY.             DIME SIZE HAIL.
                 STANTON CO.

VAN TRESS

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

KSZ003-040315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE SWEEPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 908 PM CDT...DYING THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED ON THE DOPPLER RADAR OVER
GRANT COUNTY...AROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES.  STRONG STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS WERE OUTBOUND FROM THESE STORMS AND SWEEPING THROUGH NORTHERN
STEVENS COUNTY.  SPEEDS ESTIMATED UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
REPORTED.

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEST OF A LEOTI
TO LIBERAL LINE...

THE FEW THUNDERSTORMS LEFT OVER SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY CAN STILL PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN ADDITION TO THE
VERY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS.  YOU SHOULD STAY INDOORS DURING A
THUNDERSTORM.  STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

KSZ003-040315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE SWEEPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 908 PM CDT...DYING THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED ON THE DOPPLER RADAR OVER
GRANT COUNTY...AROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES.  STRONG STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS WERE OUTBOUND FROM THESE STORMS AND SWEEPING THROUGH NORTHERN
STEVENS COUNTY.  SPEEDS ESTIMATED UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
REPORTED.

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEST OF A LEOTI
TO LIBERAL LINE...

THE FEW THUNDERSTORMS LEFT OVER SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY CAN STILL PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN ADDITION TO THE
VERY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS.  YOU SHOULD STAY INDOORS DURING A
THUNDERSTORM.  STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:07 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

KSZ003-040415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1007 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER HAS EXPIRED.  HOWEVER...AT 10
PM CDT (9 PM MDT)...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART KANSAS.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CROSS THE KANSAS BORDER INTO STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES BY AROUND 1030
PM CDT (930 PM MDT).

VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.  IF YOU LIVE IN STANTON
AND MORTON COUNTIES YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:09 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

KSZ003-040415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1007 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER HAS EXPIRED.  HOWEVER...AT 10
PM CDT (9 PM MDT)...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART KANSAS.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CROSS THE KANSAS BORDER INTO STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES BY AROUND 1030
PM CDT (930 PM MDT).

VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.  IF YOU LIVE IN STANTON
AND MORTON COUNTIES YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stanton	42 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	34 min
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	35 min
Jun 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	28 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.