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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 1993Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 11:03 AM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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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, Jul 6, 5:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
529 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 525 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
CONTAINING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINS.  SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE FOUND
ACROSS NORTHERN RENO...CENTRAL MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES AS WELL AS
CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE
BUHLER..DURHAM...CLEMENTS...COTTONWOOD FALLS AND HAMILTON ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TORRENTIAL RAINS...
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

AREAL COVERAGE AND ITENSITY LEVELS HAD GREATLY INCREASED SINCE 430 AM.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL DROP HEAVY RAINS OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY
HAD SOAKING RAINS LAST NIGHT.  FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND DIPS IN ROADS.  IF YOU COME ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS
TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

*A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING.*

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
529 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 525 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
CONTAINING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINS.  SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE FOUND
ACROSS NORTHERN RENO...CENTRAL MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES AS WELL AS
CENTRAL GREENWOOD COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE
BUHLER..DURHAM...CLEMENTS...COTTONWOOD FALLS AND HAMILTON ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TORRENTIAL RAINS...
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

AREAL COVERAGE AND ITENSITY LEVELS HAD GREATLY INCREASED SINCE 430 AM.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL DROP HEAVY RAINS OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY
HAD SOAKING RAINS LAST NIGHT.  FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND DIPS IN ROADS.  IF YOU COME ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS
TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

*A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING.*

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
633 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 625 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAINS.  SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE
FOUND IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO
...TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCPHERSON.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN
MARION AND WESTERN CHASE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
LINCOLNVILLE...MARION...HILLSBORO AND STRONG CITY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING
WESTERN RENO COUNTY. PEOPLE IN SYLVIA AND NICKERSON SHOULD BE READY FOR
WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  AREAL COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY LEVELS HAD SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE SINCE 530 AM.

CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

*A FLAbSH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.*

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
633 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 625 AM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL...WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAINS.  SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE
FOUND IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO
...TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCPHERSON.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN
MARION AND WESTERN CHASE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
LINCOLNVILLE...MARION...HILLSBORO AND STRONG CITY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING
WESTERN RENO COUNTY. PEOPLE IN SYLVIA AND NICKERSON SHOULD BE READY FOR
WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  AREAL COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY LEVELS HAD SHOWN LITTLE CHANGE SINCE 530 AM.

CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

*A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS.*

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:24 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno50 min
Jul 6, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey51 min
Jul 6, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick54 min
Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
Jul 6, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion3 hr
Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon52 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner55 min
Jul 6, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSumner36 min
Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley54 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.