Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1993, 7:23 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1993, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Doniphan County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 070023 TORMCI KSC043-070100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 723 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...DONIPHAN COUNTY AT 720PM A TORNDADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LEONA IN DONIPHAN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. 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 REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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, May 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 535 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 525 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA ...25 MILES WIDE...FROM THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER...NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO MANHATTAN TO NEAR EMPORIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 535 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 525 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA ...25 MILES WIDE...FROM THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER...NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO MANHATTAN TO NEAR EMPORIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DjEVELOPING STORMS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 625 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 625 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA ...25 MILES WIDE...FROM THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER...NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO MANHATTAN TO NEAR EMPORIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BK
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:29 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 625 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 625 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA ...25 MILES WIDE...FROM THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER...NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO MANHATTAN TO NEAR EMPORIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BK
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:00 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 700 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 700 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH REPORTED SEVERE WEATHER... WAS LOCATED FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA...NEAR FALLS CITY... TO WHITING KANSAS TO JUST EAST OF TOPEKA TO OSAGE CITY KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS AND A POSSIBLE TOUCH DOWN WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF TOPEKA AND NEAR HOLTON KANSAS...ALLSO NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE WEST PARTS OF THE LOCAL AREA AROUND 730 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:01 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KS016-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 700 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AT 700 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH REPORTED SEVERE WEATHER... WAS LOCATED FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA...NEAR FALLS CITY... TO WHITING KANSAS TO JUST EAST OF TOPEKA TO OSAGE CITY KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS AND A POSSIBLE TOUCH DOWN WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF TOPEKA AND NEAR HOLTON KANSAS...ALLSO NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE WEST PARTS OF THE LOCAL AREA AROUND 730 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 27 min |
| May 6, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 33 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.