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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1993, 4:54 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1993, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 272156 TORDDC KSC171-272245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 455 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY BY 505 PM CDT. PERSONS IN WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS NOW! HAIL TO 1 INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN WICHITA COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE B6LANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 29 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.