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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1993, 9:16 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1993, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1993, 9:45 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 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 060218 TORDDC KSC129-060245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 916 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...MORTON COUNTY AT 915 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE DEVELOPING TORNADOES IN MORTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS SHOWN JUST NORTH OF ELKHART AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY. IT WILL BE OVER THE CIMARRON NATIONAL GRASSLANDS UNTIL 945 PM CDT. TAKE COVER NOW FROM THIS STORM!!! GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 31 min |
| May 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 45 min |
| May 5, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 67 min |
| May 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 27 min |
| May 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 34 min |
| May 5, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 51 min |
| May 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| May 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
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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.