Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1993, 9:51 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1993, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1993, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 18, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ003-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF OKLAHOMA AROUND ELKHART AND LIBERAL... AT 827 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS STATE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF LIBERAL TO JUST WEST OF ELKHART. THE STORMS AROUND LIBERAL WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH WOODS BY 845 PM. THE STORM WEST OF ELKHART WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ELKHART BY AROUND 845 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON 2WWCA$ \+ 6WWUS N6WWUSH a`WWUS WUUS i`WWUS $$WWUS` v6WWUS 0XWSUS 7q4WSUS 22085= 41001 1 99307272005 10242 4023950 22200 00253*i`WWUS /f WUUS `(Q`WWUS T=WWCN 6WWUS, 3U^WSUS WWUS 0 22200 00266 10703 70017 pj^~^~^~j| WUUS6 4gf6WWUSj V1WSCA LA`WWUS |V6WWUS@ x 6WWUS0 yl `WWUSd PB86WWUS P6WWUST XPI`WWUS xu 6WWUS YN6WWUS ]96WWUS XWOUS o6WWUS w WUUS d WSACR E6WWUS `S6WWUS\ tZ&6WWUS Q6WWUSX Y66WWUSr
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ003-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF OKLAHOMA AROUND ELKHART AND LIBERAL... AT 827 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS STATE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF LIBERAL TO JUST WEST OF ELKHART. THE STORMS AROUND LIBERAL WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH WOODS BY 845 PM. THE STORM WEST OF ELKHART WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ELKHART BY AROUND 845 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO RWATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ002-003-190230- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LAKIN...OR 30 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER LAKIN BY 840 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE LAKIN AREA TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS NOW!!! BERG S ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FINNEY COUNTY... THESE STORMS A CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THES DANGEROUS STORMS TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER... JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ002-003-190230- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 832 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LAKIN...OR 30 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER LAKIN BY 840 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE LAKIN AREAr TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS NOW!!! BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ006-009-190345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 947 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS POISED TO ROAR THROUGH THE LARNED AREA PACKING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING... AT 947 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST THROUGH SANFORD HEADED FOR LARNED. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH LARNED BY 1000 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN LARNED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. FLOODING OF LARNED AREA STREETS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOCES THROUGH TOWN. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:48 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ006-009-190345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 947 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS POISED TO ROAR THROUGH THE LARNED AREA PACKING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING... AT 947 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST THROUGH SANFORD HEADED FOR LARNED. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH LARNED BY 1000 PM CDT. JIF YOU ARE IN LARNED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. FLOODING OF LARNED AREA STREETS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOCES THROUGH TOWN. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 77 min |
| Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 63 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.