Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumner County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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
- 1548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 070004 TORICT KSC191-070030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY AT 659 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA...SOUTH OF BELLE PLAINE. PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF BELLE PLAINE AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER NOW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. 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, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 19 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, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 49 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.