Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 3:56 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 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, Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR HEADING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 AT 125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE 15 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO AND 20 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WHILE THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO HUTCHINSON AROUND 145 PD.0 THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SEVERE...PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR HEADING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 133 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 AT 125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE 15 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO AND 20 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WHILE THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO HUTCHINSON AROUND 145 PM. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SEVERE...PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 234 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 AT 225 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE 15 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE TO MCPHERSON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SALINA AND ABILENE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 5 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 25 SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE 45 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE. ANOTHER 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 234 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 AT 225 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE 15 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE TO MCPHERSON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SALINA AND ABILENE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 5 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 25 SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE 45 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE. ANOTHER 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORADO TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:05 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ009-012-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 305 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE KANSAS - OKLAHOMA BORDER... AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE WILL BE APPROACHING WELLINGTON JUST BEFORE 400 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK INDOOR SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. HOWERTON
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:05 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ009-012-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 305 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE KANSAS - OKLAHOMA BORDER... AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE WILL BE APPROACHING WELLINGTON JUST BEFORE 400 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK INDOOR SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING. HOWERTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 48 min |
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.