Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1993, 3:57 AM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 150858 RRA SVRDDC KSC083-150930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 357 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY AT 355 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 6 MILES WEST OF JETMORE OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN JETMORE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND CAN EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER BY 420 AM. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM dHAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, Jun 15, 2:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ003-006-150800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 201 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY WERE INCREASING IN NUMBERS AT 158 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST WEST OF MEADE AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER. THE CLOSEST SHOWER TO DODGE CITY WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. NONE OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE BUT WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. THROUGH 300 AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM DODGE CITY... SOUTHEAST TO COLDWATER AND WEST TO NEAR LIBERAL AND MEADE. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL SO STAY INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ003-006-150800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 201 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY WERE INCREASING IN NUMBERS AT 158 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY OR JUST WEST OF MEADE AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY OR SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER. THE CLOSEST SHOWER TO DODGE CITY WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWN. NONE OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE BUT WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. THROUGH 300 AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO6RMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM DODGE CITY... SOUTHEAST TO COLDWATER AND WEST TO NEAR LIBERAL AND MEADE. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL SO STAY INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ANOTHER NIGHT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEGUN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS HAVE FORMED RATHER QUICKLY IN THE DODGE CITY AREA AND SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS MORNING. AT 254 AM DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN FORD AND CLARK COUNTIES WITH MORE STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE GREENSBURG AREA OF KIOWA COUNTY AND SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 254 AM WERE OVER DODGE CITY WHERE HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-150900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 255 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ANOTHER NIGHT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEGUN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS HAVE FORMED RATHER QUICKLY IN THE DODGE CITY AREA AND SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS MORNING. AT 254 AM DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN FORD AND CLARK COUNTIES WITH MORE STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE GREENSBURG AREA OF KIOWA COUNTY AND SOUTH TO THE OKLAHOMA LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 254 AM WERE OVER DODGE CITY WHERE HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:45 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ006-008-009-150945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 345 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA... AT 338 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. STORMS WERE 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS...22 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY NEAR JETMORE AND ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY IN THE ASHLAND AND ACRES VICINITY. NON OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE BUT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE JETMORE AREA THROUGH 400 AM AND MAYBE INTO GREENSBURG BY 420 AM AND INTO COLDWATER BY 430 AM. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ006-008-009-150945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 345 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA... AT 338 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. STORMS WERE 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS...22 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY NEAR JETMORE AND ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY IN THE ASHLAND AND ACRES VICINITY. NON OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE BUT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE JETMORE AREA THROUGH 400 "AM AND MAYBE INTO GREENSBURG BY 420 AM AND INTO COLDWATER BY 430 AM. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 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.