Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1993, 3:00 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 3:00 AM MDT (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 3:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 3401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140900 RRA SVRDDC KSC075-187-140930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 AM CDT (300 AM MDT) MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT (330 AM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 358 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST HAMILTON AND EXTREME NORTHEAST STANTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM. LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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, Jun 14, 1:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-140830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...245 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 225 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP... AT 219 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM SHOULD PASS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND ARE LIKELY. OTHER STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST WEST OF FORD...JUST EAST OF CLARK COUNTY STATE LAKE AND JUST NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASHLAND BY 245 AM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP 24 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES AND JUST SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSASL SHOULD MONITOR RADIO OR TV REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LIGHTNING IS DEADLY!! HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-140830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO...245 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 225 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP... AT 219 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS PARTICULAR THUNDERSTORM SHOULD PASS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND ARE LIKELY. OTHER STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST WEST OF FORD...JUST EAST OF CLARK COUNTY STATE LAKE AND JUST NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASHLAND BY 245 AM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP 24 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES AND JUST SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSASL SHOULD MONITOR RADIO OR TV REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LIGHTNING IS DEADLY!! HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:07 AM MDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 307 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS POPPED UP... AT 303 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUBLETTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE NEAR COPELAND BY 330 AM. OTHER STORMS WERE IN THE GARDEN CITY AREA BUT WERE NOT SEVERE. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD STILL STAY ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. DURING A THUNDERSTORM...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:07 AM MDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 307 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS POPPED UP... AT 303 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUBLETTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE NEAR COPELAND BY 330 AM. OTHER STORMS WERE IN THE GARDEN CITY AREA BUT WERE NOT SEVERE. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD STILL STAY ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. DURING A THUNDERSTORM...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:39 AM MDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS... AT 337 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR ANWILL BE CROSSING HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN JOHNSON AND SYRACUSE BY 405 AM. THIS STORM AND OTHERS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OR TWO OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:40 AM MDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 AM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS... AT 337 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR ANWILL BE CROSSING HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN JOHNSON AND SYRACUSE BY 405 AM. THIS STORM AND OTHERS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OR TWO OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 15 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.