Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1993, 7:44 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1993, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 250045 TORICT KSC037-250115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 744 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 742 PM A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS FORMING NEAR PITTSBURG. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SPAWNING THE FUNNELS WAS JUST WEST OF PITTSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN PITTSBURG TAKE COVER AT ONCE IN BASEMENT..CLOSET..INTERIOR HALLWAY OR UNDER A STAIRWELL. GET LOW AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ES &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 24, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT SAT APR 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 633 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO NEAR EUREKA AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE NEAR LONGTON. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORM NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE WILL REACH CHANUTE AROUND 730 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN OR SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE LISTEN FOR LATE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. . *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH #155 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Labette | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.