Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 5:56 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Seward, KS | Tornado briefly touched down in open farmland with no damage or injuries reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 072257 TORDDC KSC145-185-072330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 556 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY AT 555 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERAL TORNADOES OVER EASTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY. THESE TORNADOES WERE 10 MILES EAST OF LARNED IN THE RADIUM AND SEWARD AREAS. MOVEMENT OF THESE TORNADOES WAS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES BY 620 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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 7, 3:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 328 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOME COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...ELLIS...RUSH...BARBER...PRATT...COMMANCHE...KIOWA... PAWNEE...AND STAFFORD COUNTIES. CITIES INCLUDED ARE...HAYS...PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE...LARNED...GREENSBURG...AND ST. JOHN. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH...YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED ROOM. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 328 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOME COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...ELLIS...RUSH...BARBER...PRATT...COMMANCHE...KIOWA... PAWNEE...AND STAFFORD COUNTIES. CITIES INCLUDED ARE...HAYS...PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE...LARNED...GREENSBURG...AND ST. JOHN. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH...YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNlINGS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS TO A BASEMENT OR REINFORCED ROOM. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP 15 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LACROSSE AREA BY AROUND 420 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT AND YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS... AT 355 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP 15 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF LARNED KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LACROSSE AREA BY AROUND 420 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT AND YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ006-009-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COMMANCHE COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA JUST SOUTH OF COMMANCHE COUNTY KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD PASS TO JUST EAST OF COLDWATER OR INTO THE WILMORE AREA BY AROUND 5 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SO YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY. MB
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ006-009-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 423 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COMMANCHE COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA JUST SOUTH OF COMMANCHE COUNTY KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD PASS TO JUST EAST OF COLDWATER OR INTO THE WILMORE AREA BY AROUND 5 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SO YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 30 min |
| May 7, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 52 min |
| May 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 7, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 54 min |
| May 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 7, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 17 min |
| May 7, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.