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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 1993Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 2:14 AM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1993, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1993, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 1993-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 1993-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

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KSC191-080800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
214 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SUMNER COUNTY
 
AT 215 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CALDWELL OR 35 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CALDWELL
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELnEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
KING

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, 10:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 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.
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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.

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Special weather statement, May 8, 12:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 29 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, 1:51 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
151 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A NEW TORNADO WATCH...#223...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS...

AT 145 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL
RAINS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL
...HAD RE-DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PRATT...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE.  PEOPLE IN ATTICA...CORWIN
...AND ANTHONY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL
THEY PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSHPHERE STILL REMAINS RIPE FOR THESE STORMS TO TURN SEVERE
...SO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR KINGMAN...RENO
...AND HARPER COUNTIES.

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

*TORNADO WATCH #223 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO...KINGMAN...AND HARPER COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 AM CDT*
*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.*
*A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTOMERY AND WILSON
 COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.*

HYSELL

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Special weather statement, May 8, 1:52 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
151 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A NEW TORNADO WATCH...#223...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS...

AT 145 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL
RAINS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL
...HAD RE-DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PRATT...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE.  PEOPLE IN ATTICA...CORWIN
...AND ANTHONY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL
THEY PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSHPHERE STILL REMAINS RIPE FOR THESE STORMS TO TURN SEVERE
...SO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR KINGMAN...RENO
...AND HARPER COUNTIES.

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

*TORNADO WATCH #223 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO...KINGMAN...AND HARPER COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 AM CDT*
*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.*
*A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTOMERY AND WILSON
 COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.*

HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno39 min
May 7, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley51 min
May 7, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood59 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase59 min
May 8, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson47 min
May 8, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno6 hr
May 8, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler5 hr
May 8, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
May 8, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick69 min
May 8, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk58 min
May 8, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler47 min
May 8, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood42 min
May 8, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson63 min
May 8, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningICTButler57 min
May 8, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion63 min
May 8, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Labette, Neosho52 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick6 hr
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion6 hr
May 8, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase4 hr
May 8, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery3 hr

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.