Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 6:24 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 1304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 062325 TORICT KSC191-070000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 624 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTY AT 623 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA...JUST NORTH OF RIVERDALE. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF ANSON.. RIVERDALE..AND BELLE PLAINE SHOULD MOVE TO A TORNADO SHELTER AT ONCE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. 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. NOONAN
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, Jul 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-061845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1235 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY WITHIN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA ...EAST TO FORT SCOTT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM ARKANSAS CITY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...NORTHEAST TO EUREKA...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. WICHITA RADAR TOGETHER WITH SPOTTER REPORTS...INDICATED TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY OVER WILSON AND EASTERN NEOSHO COUNTIES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVING OCCURRED JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALL MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. . THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERALL DECREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SINCE 1145 THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH STRONG WINDS AND MORE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FROM CHANUTE EAST THROUGH FORT SCOTT. IF DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST K ANSAS...BE PREPARED FOR SOME WATER COVERED ROADS...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. J.CHRISTENSON
Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/6/93
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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715 AM RENO TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON.
735 AM HARVEY SPOTTER REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL IN HESSTON...OR 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEWTON.
750 AM HARVEY SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PAXTON...OR
10 MILES WEST OF NEWTON.
804 AM SEDGWICK VALLEY CENTER POLICE REPORTED A GUST TO 72 MPH...OR
5 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA.
835 AM SEDGWICK SPOTTER REPORT OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN NEAR FURLEY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.
845 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN EL DORADO.
850 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
AT EL DORADO LAKE.
900 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN EL DORADO.
1025 AM ALLEN SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
IOLA.
1053 AM NEOSHO SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS IN DOWNTOWN CHANUTE.
1055 AM WILSON SPOTTER REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN IN ALTOONA.
1123 AM BOURBON BOURBON EOC REPORTED MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN IN FORT SCOTT.
1125 AM CRAWFORD CRAWFORD SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES TREE LIMBS DOWN
IN GIRARD...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBURG.
1128 AM CRAWFORD GIRARD POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN AND
AT LEAST 60 MPH WINDS.
OGRENLocal storm report, Jul 6, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1255 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/6/93
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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715 AM RENO TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON.
735 AM HARVEY SPOTTER REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL IN HESSTON...OR 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEWTON.
750 AM HARVEY SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PAXTON...OR
10 MILES WEST OF NEWTON.
804 AM SEDGWICK VALLEY CENTER POLICE REPORTED A GUST TO 72 MPH...OR
5 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA.
835 AM SEDGWICK SPOTTER REPORT OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN NEAR FURLEY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.
845 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN EL DORADO.
850 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
AT EL DORADO LAKE.
900 AM BUTLER BUTLER EOC REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN EL DORADO.
1025 AM ALLEN SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
IOLA.
1053 AM NEOSHO SPOTTER REPORT OF 60 MPH WINDS IN DOWNTOWN CHANUTE.
1055 AM WILSON SPOTTER REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN IN ALTOONA.
1123 AM BOURBON BOURBON EOC REPORTED MANY TREE LIMBS DOWN IN FORT SCOTT.
1125 AM CRAWFORD CRAWFORD SHERIFF REPORTED POWER LINES TREE LIMBS DOWN
IN GIRARD...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSBURG.
1128 AM CRAWFORD GIRARD POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN AND
AT LEAST 60 MPH WINDS.
OGRENSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 5:34 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST WICHITA...NEAR VIOLA. PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS..AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF VIOLA..CONWAY SPRINGS..AND CLEARWATER SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF IOLA TO AROUND OTTAWA. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SINCE 430 PM...WHILE INTENSITY HAS INCREASED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST WICHITA...NEAR VIOLA. PEA SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS..AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF VIOLA..CONWAY SPRINGS..AND CLEARWATER SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF IOLA TO AROUND OTTAWA. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SINCE 430 PM...WHILE INTENSITY HAS INCREASED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:41 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-070640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 541 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 1230 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WAST OF OSWEGO OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBURG. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PREDUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH OSWEGO BY 1245 AM...HALLOWELL BY 1 AM AND COLUMBUS BY 115 AM. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA 70 MILES WIDE AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE TO JUST WEST OF IOLA. LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR INTENSITY WAS OBSERVED SINCE 1130 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THE REST OF THIS MORNING. ROSNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 54 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.