Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 050156 TORDDC KSC051-050245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 855 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY AT 854 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF ELLIS...OR 20 MILES WEST OF HAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE NEAR ELLIS SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM CDT...AND POSSIBLY INTO YOCEMENTO BY 920 PM CDT. PERSONS IN ELLIS AND YOCEMENTO SHOULD GO TO THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS NOW! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHE(LTER 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, Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 592 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF AN ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AT 545 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THOSE PLANNING ON ATTENDING FIREWORKS DISPLAYS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON ~
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 592 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF AN ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AT 545 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS OR CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO STAY UPDATED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THOSE PLANNING ON ATTENDING FIREWORKS DISPLAYS THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. KNOW WHERE TO GO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HANSON ~
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 629 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY BETWEEN LACROSSE AND LARNED... AT 627 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LACROSSE AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE AREA EAST OF ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ005-006-008-009-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 629 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING RAPIDLY BETWEEN LACROSSE AND LARNED... AT 627 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LARNED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LACROSSE AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE AREA EAST OF ELKHART TO SCOTT CITY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA NEED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS EVENING. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:09 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ008-009-050215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 809 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN STAFFORD COUNTY... AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 5 MILES WEST OF HUDSON...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD BE OVER THE QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 830 PM CDT. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:09 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ008-009-050215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 809 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN STAFFORD COUNTY... AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 5 MILES WEST OF HUDSON...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND SHOULD BE OVER THE QUIVIRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 830 PM CDT. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.