Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barber County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 080109 TORDDC KSC007-080145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 808 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN BARBER COUNTY AT 806 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HARDTNER AREA IMMEDIATELY. TAKE COVER NOW. 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 FLOORZ. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. MB
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, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 4 hours 8 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, 3 hours 45 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, 3 hours 44 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, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE EAST OF HAYS... AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF HAYS AROUND VICTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 720 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE EAST OF HAYS... AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 8 MILES EAST OF HAYS AROUND VICTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF ELLIS COUNTY BY 720 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF H0EAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 36 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 48 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.