Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 8:34 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 8:34 AM CDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cowley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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, May 8, 2:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 250 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 245 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...SO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH #219. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA AREA...INCLUDE HARVEY...SEDGWICK...SUMER..BUTLER ...CHAUTAGUQA...CLWLEY...ELK...GREENWOOD...MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS 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* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 700 AM CDT. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM.* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO AND HARVEY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 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.* HYNSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 250 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 245 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...SO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH #219. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA AREA...INCLUDE HARVEY...SEDGWICK...SUMER..BUTLER ...CHAUTAGUQA...CLWLEY...ELK...GREENWOOD...MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS 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* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 700 AM CDT. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM.* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO AND HARVEY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 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, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ-012-081100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...GUSTY WINDS LIKELY OVER HARVEY AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES... AT 502 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF WINDS GENERATED FROM OUTFLOW FROM THUDERSTORM ACTIVTY OVER HARVEY COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH COLWICH BY 515 AM AND THROUGH WICHITA BY 530 AM. WINDS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST ARE LIKELY WHEN THIS LINEl MOVES THROUGH. HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 556 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 AND TORNADO WATCH #223 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... AT 550 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO NEAR MARYSVILLE...NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE... THUS ALL WATCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN BE RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THEM HAVE THE POTENTIAL...AGAIN...OF BEING SEVERE AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO AND HARVEY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM.* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM.* *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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 47 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, 8:51 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 |
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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.