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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 1993Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1993, 9:18 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1993, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1993, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Greenwood County, KS

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, 5:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 3 hours 21 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
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:36 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
833 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 828 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND 50 MPH WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. ARKANSAS CITY
WILL SEE VERY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL ABOUT 900 AM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND THROUGH MCPHERSON TO 10
MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE.
.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED.

BOTH SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. AVOID WATER-COVERED ROADS.
ES
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:44 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
833 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 828 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND 50 MPH WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. ARKANSAS CITY
WILL SEE VERY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL ABOUT 900 AM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
OCCURRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND THROUGH MCPHERSON TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE.
.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED.

BOTH SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE HPERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. AVOID WATER-COVERED ROADS.
ES

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, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner46 min
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, 9:27 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

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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.