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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 1993Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1993, 4:46 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1993, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1993-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 302149
TORDDC
KSC135-195-302230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
446 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN NESS COUNTY...SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 447 PM CDT INDICATED A TORNADO
DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF UTICA IN NESS COUNTY...18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF NESS CITY.
 
THE TORNADO IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN
ARNOLD...RANSOM...AND UTICA AND SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO AND SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN
 AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray40 min
Apr 30, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess46 min
Apr 30, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade52 min
Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny51 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.