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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 1993Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1993, 7:52 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1993, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Finney County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 010053
TORDDC
KSC055-010130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT FRI APR 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...FINNEY COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 25 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY.
NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO BEING OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN GARDEN CITY...OR ANYWHERE IN FINNEY COUNTY...TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.
 
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.
 
 
VAN TRESS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord44 min
Apr 30, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney53 min
Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade45 min
Apr 30, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord53 min
Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray52 min
Apr 30, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark48 min
Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman30 min
Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray47 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.