Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 11, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:05 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 105 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 100 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF WICHITA NEAR 13TH STREET AND ROCK RD. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURING WITH THESE STRONG STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA NEAR BLUFF CITY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA NEAR ROSE HILL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN &
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:06 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 105 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 100 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF WICHITA NEAR 13TH STREET AND ROCK RD. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO OCCURING WITH THESE STRONG STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA NEAR BLUFF CITY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA NEAR ROSE HILL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN &
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 141 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1993 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR SOUTH HAVEN OR 20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA TO JUNCTION CITY TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE INCREASED SINCE 1230 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KING
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 141 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1993 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR SOUTH HAVEN OR 20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA TO JUNCTION CITY TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE INCREASED SINCE 1230 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.