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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1993, 7:42 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1993, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 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 030043 TORDDC KSC129-187-030130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN MORTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT (640 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MORTON-STANTON COUNTY LINE...OR 25 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REMAIN MAINLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY AND IN THE VICINITY OF RICHFIELD BY 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT). THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IN THE SAUNDERS VICINITY AT 730 PM CDT...AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND BROKEN WINDOWS IN MANTER AT 735 PM CDT. THIS WARNING WILL EXTEND THE CURRENT TORNADO WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN STANTON...AND NORTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTIES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWHEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. VAN TRESS &
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, Jun 2, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 628 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE THROUGH SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). THE FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: FINNEY...GRANT...HAMILTON...HASKELL....KEARNY...MORTON...SEWARD STANTON...STEVENS...AND SCOTT. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...SYRACUSE...ULYSSES...ELKHART...AND SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATHCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MVT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 628 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE THROUGH SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). THE FOLLOWING SOUTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: FINNEY...GRANT...HAMILTON...HASKELL....KEARNY...MORTON...SEWARD STANTON...STEVENS...AND SCOTT. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: GARDEN CITY...LIBERAL...SYRACUSE...ULYSSES...ELKHART...AND SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATHCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MVT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STROMS WERE STILL ABOUT 15 MILES WITHIN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO CROSS INTO KANSAS...IN THE COOLIDGE...SYRACUSE...AND JOHNSON AREAS BY 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT). THESE STORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO WERE VERY STRONG AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE INCLUDING SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). PERSONS OUTSIDE IN HAMILTON...AND STANTON COUNTIES SHOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING A HEAD START ON THESE STORMS...AND MOVING TO SAVE SHELTER NOW. VAN TRESS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT WED JUN 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STROMS WERE STILL ABOUT 15 MILES WITHIN COLORADO AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO CROSS INTO KANSAS...IN THE COOLIDGE...SYRACUSE...AND JOHNSON AREAS BY 700 PM CDT (600 PM MDT). THESE STORMS IN EASTERN COLORADO WERE VERY STRONG AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A NORTH-SOUTH LINE INCLUDING SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY...AND LIBERAL...UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT). PERSONS OUTSIDE IN HAMILTON...AND STANTON COUNTIES SHOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING A HEAD START ON THESE STORMS...AND MOVING TO SAVE SHELTER NOW. VAN TRESS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.