Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 282321 TORDDC KSC151-282345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY AT 615 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 4 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF PRATT MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THIS TORNADO SHOULD REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTRY JUST TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PRATT THROUGH 645 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 28, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION... AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE 16 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL AND 27 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH MEADE AND KALVESTA BY 430 PM AND SCOTT CITY BY AROUND 5 PM. MANY OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE A BRIEF RAINSHOWER AND A CLAP OF THUNDER BEFORE 5 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CAUSING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER... LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE LARGEST KILLER ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ003-006-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 439 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND EXTENDS FROM THE COLORADO BORDER EAST TO JUST WEST OF THE DODGE CITY AREA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...LIBERAL...CIMARRON...AND MEADE. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURING THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE AREA. YOU SHOULD ALSO MONITOR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ003-006-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 439 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND EXTENDS FROM THE COLORADO BORDER EAST TO JUST WEST OF THE DODGE CITY AREA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...GARDEN CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...LIBERAL...CIMARRON...AND MEADE. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURING THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE AREA. YOU SHOULD ALSO MONITOR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ003-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 504 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF LIBERAL... AT 5PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LIBERAL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE LIBERAL AREA BY 515 PM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE LIBERAL AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANES. CJ
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993 ...THERE IS A CHANCE OF VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WAS OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG AND WEST OF A SCOTT CITY TO GARDEN CITY AND LIBERAL LINE BEFORE 7 PM TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STORMS NOW OVER PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTH OF LIBERAL COULD MOVE NORTH INTO THE LIBERAL AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. NONE OF THESE STORMS HAD TURNED SEVERE YET. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE AREA WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 THROUGH WAKEENY AND DODGE CITY... ALTHOUGH NO STORMS HAD YET DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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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.