Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1993, 4:58 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1993, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 032300 TORDDC KSC075-032330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 558 PM CDT (458 PM MDT) THU JUN 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT (545 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AT 557 PM CDT...457 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO BORDER 15 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOLIDGE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 27...12 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACU AROUND 630 PM CDT...530 PM MDT. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY TAKE SHELTER NOW !!! 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 LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. BERG
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 3, 3:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THREATEN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CDT (4 PM MDT) UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 400 PM CDT...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO WERE MOVING STEADILY SOUTHEAST AND WILL REACH THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER NEAR SYRACUSE BY AROUND 530 PM CDT (430 PM MDT). SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A LEOTI TO LIBERAL LINE. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AND YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THREATEN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CDT (4 PM MDT) UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 400 PM CDT...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO WERE MOVING STEADILY SOUTHEAST AND WILL REACH THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER NEAR SYRACUSE BY AROUND 530 PM CDT (430 PM MDT). SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A LEOTI TO LIBERAL LINE. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AND YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour before
KSZ003-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 458 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM ON NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 457 PM ( 357 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE OVER OPEN FARMLAND IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT...430 PM MDT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT WEST OF A LINE FROM LEOTI TO LIBERAL. BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:00 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ003-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 458 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS TAKING AIM ON NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 457 PM ( 357 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE OVER OPEN FARMLAND IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT...430 PM MDT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT WEST OF A LINE FROM LEOTI TO LIBERAL. BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:45 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ003-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 545 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A LEOTI TO LIBERAL LINE UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...444 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN COLORADO 23 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...ALONG HIGHWAY 50. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH AND WILL REACH COOLIDGE BY 615 CDT...515 MDT. PEOPLE IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA OR YOUR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS STORM. BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:46 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ003-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 545 PM CDT THU JUN 3 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF A LEOTI TO LIBERAL LINE UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...444 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN COLORADO 23 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...ALONG HIGHWAY 50. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH AND WILL REACH COOLIDGE BY 61f5 CDT...515 MDT. PEOPLE IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA OR YOUR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS STORM. BERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 6:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 8:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 9:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 9:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 10:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 1:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 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.