Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1993, 4:40 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1993, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 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 172142 TORDDC KSC185-172230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 440 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY AT 435 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF PRATT...AROUND 9 MILES WEST OF NEOLA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL REACH NEOLA BY 450 PM CDT. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!!! 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 YOUR HANDS.
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 17, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ006-172115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING... AT 312 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCKLIN OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM HAD DEVELOPED VERY RAPIDLY AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE BUCKLIN AREA BY 325 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY 4 PM AS THEY MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF CLARK...SOUTHEAST FORD...EDWARDS AND KIOWA COUNTIES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ006-172115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING... AT 312 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUCKLIN OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM HAD DEVELOPED VERY RAPIDLY AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE BUCKLIN AREA BY 325 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY 4 PM AS THEY MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF CLARK...SOUTHEAST FORD...EDWARDS AND KIOWA COUNTIES. HUTTON
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-172145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 338 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COUNTIES OF STAFFORD...EDWARDS...PAWNEE...KIOWA...COMANCHE...PRATT...AND BARBER ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PRATT...LARNED...GREENSBURG...MEDICINE LODGE...AND COLDWATER. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. AT 3:35 PM CDT..DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST ENTERING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-172145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 338 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COUNTIES OF STAFFORD...EDWARDS...PAWNEE...KIOWA...COMANCHE...PRATT...AND BARBER ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PRATT...LARNED...GREENSBURG...MEDICINE LODGE...AND COLDWATER. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. AT 3:35 PM CDT..DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST ENTERING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SZKIL
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:01 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ006-009-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 401 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE THREATENING PARTS OF CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTY... AT 400 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS IN THE LINE WILL REACH ASHLAND BY 410 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER OPEN FARM COUNTRY. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183... THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:03 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ006-009-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 401 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE THREATENING PARTS OF CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTY... AT 400 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS IN THE LINE WILL REACH ASHLAND BY 410 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE OVER OPEN FARM COUNTRY. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS bRIVER AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183... THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 17, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 41 min |
| May 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 45 min |
| May 17, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 32 min |
| May 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 45 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.