Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 9:06 PM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 080207 TORICT KSC079-155-080245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 906 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTY PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST RENO COUNTY COMMUNITY OF BUHLER...AND RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST HARVEY COUNTY NORTH OF BURRTON SHOULD MOVE TO TORNADO SHELTER AT ONCE. AT 905 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. SCHURR
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, May 7, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 630 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THE WICHITA RADAR. HOWEVER...AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES...WERE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM WEST OF CONCORDIA...DOWN THROUGH GREAT BEND AND PRATT AND ON INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST EAST OF PRATT...65 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 TO 20 MILES WEST OF PRATT. > > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OR THE WICHITA AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ON THROUGH THE EVENING...IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN LATER ON TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. J.CHRISTENSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 630 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THE WICHITA RADAR. HOWEVER...AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES...WERE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM WEST OF CONCORDIA...DOWN THROUGH GREAT BEND AND PRATT AND ON INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST EAST OF PRATT...65 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 TO 20 MILES WEST OF PRATT. > > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OR THE WICHITA AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ON THROUGH THE EVENING...IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THEN LATER ON TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. J.CHRISTENSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 735 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 730 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...WERE WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NORTHWEST OKAHOMA UP THROUGH THE MEDICINE LODGE INTO THE GREAT BEND AREA THEN UP INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF SALINA AND WEST OF CONCORDIA. THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST 15 MILES EAST OF PRATT...50 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. > > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM OKLOHOMA UP THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF WICHITA...,THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. J.CHRISTENSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993
...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
AT 730 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...WERE
WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NORTHWEST OKAHOMA UP THROUGH THE MEDICINE
LODGE INTO THE GREAT BEND AREA THEN UP INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF
SALINA AND WEST OF CONCORDIA.
THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST
15 MILES EAST OF PRATT...50 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE
BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM OKLOHOMA UP
THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF WICHITA...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
J.CHRISTENSON
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KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 830 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...WERE WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NORTHWEST OKAHOMA UP THROUGH THE MEDICINE LODGE INTO THE HUTCHINSON AREA THEN ON INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR SALINA AND CONCORDIA. THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST 30 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE AND KINGMAN AREAS. > > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE SLIDING EAST INTO THE GREATER WICHITA AREA JUST BEFORE 930 THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. KEEP IN MIND FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN AREA INCLUDING WICHITA. SMALL STREAMS MAY FILL RAPIDLY AND ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS...THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. J.CHRISTENSON
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:39 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PART OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 830 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES...WERE WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NORTHWEST OKAHOMA UP THROUGH THE MEDICINE LODGE INTO THE HUTCHINSON AREA THEN ON INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR SALINA AND CONCORDIA. THE LEADING OR EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LINE OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST 30 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE AND KINGMAN AREAS. > > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE SLIDING EAST INTO THE GREATER WICHITA AREA JUST BEFORE 930 THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES...AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. KEEP IN MIND FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN AREA INCLUDING WICHITA. SMALL STREAMS MAY FILL RAPIDLY AND ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVE8RED ROADS...THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. J.CHRISTENSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
| May 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 47 min |
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| May 8, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 63 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 3 hr |
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.