Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1993, 10:09 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1993, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 060308 TORDDC KSC187-060400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1009 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...STANTON COUNTY AT 1008 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF JOHNSON MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR JOHNSON BY 1040 PM CDT. TAKE COVER NOW!!! 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 YO UR HANDS. PB
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, May 5, 5:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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 WEATHEvR RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER...20 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON... OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HUGOTON AREA BY 615 PM CDT. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-052345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 539 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER...20 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON... OR 45 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HUGOTON AREA BY 615 PM CDT. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ003-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 624 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRANT COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF ULYSSES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ULYSSES AREA BY 645 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN GRANT TAKE SAFE SHELTER BUILDING IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. BERG
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ003-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 624 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRANT COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF ULYSSES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ULYSSES AREA BY 645 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN GRANT TAKE SAFE SHELTER BUILDING IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. BERG
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, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 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, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| May 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 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.