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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 1993Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1993, 10:10 PM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 1993, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1993, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman 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 29, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300230

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
835 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS..

AT 833 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WERE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FT SCOTT.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

IF YOU LIVE IN CHANUTE..IOLA..FT SCOTT OR PITTSBURG BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS
AND BE READY SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

OVERALL..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED EAST OF A LINE FROM EMPORIA
TO 25 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEASHT AT 15 MPH.
.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE EVE-
NING WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED.
ES

Special weather statement, May 29, 9:27 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300330

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
927 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS..

AT 925 PM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CLUSTER ABOUT 60 MILES
IN DIAMETER CENTERED NEAR CHANUTE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER IF YOU LIVE IN
CHANUTE..IOLA OR FT SCOTT BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHEL-
TER. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 1
INCH LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.
ES

Special weather statement, May 29, 9:32 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300330

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
927 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS..

AT 925 PM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CLUSTER ABOUT 60 MILES
IN DIAMETER CENTERED NEAR CHANUTE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER IF YOU LIVE IN
CHANUTE..IOLA OR FT SCOTT BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHEL-
TER. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 1
INCH LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.
ES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	62 min
May 29, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
May 30, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	3 hr
May 30, 1:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	115 min
May 30, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	4 hr

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Sources

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