Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 1:13 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
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, May 7, 9:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1035 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE WITHIN A 40 TO 70 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM CONCORDIA SOUTH THROUGH MCPHERSON AND WICHITA...AND ON ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA BORDER JUST WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING WITHIN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM HUTCHINSON SOUTH THROUGH WICHITA...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 35 INTO OKLAHOMA. SOME DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND 50 MILE HOUR WINDS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY UP UNTIL 11 OCLOCK. > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WITH RAINFALL MODERATE TO HEAVY THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING....BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE MAIN THREAT IS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE...AND WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP IN MIND FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN AREA INCLUDING WICHITA. SMALL STREAMS MAY FILL RAPIDLY AND ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. J.CHRISTENSON : 02DNcj`XRWJF&% >xJrz.|VLJl66JT
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:43 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADA4 INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:44 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADAD INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:45 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADA4 INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| May 8, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
| May 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 47 min |
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| May 8, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 63 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 3 hr |
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.