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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 1993Butler County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1993, 9:33 AM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1993, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1993, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 081434
TORICT
KSC015-081530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
933 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY
 
AT 930 AM...KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE EL DORADO
EXIT ON THE KANSAS TUNRPIKE.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN EL DORADO TAKE COVER AT ONCE IN A
BASEMENT..CLOSET..INTERIOR HALLWAY OR UNDER A STAIRWELL. ABANDON ALL
VEHICLES FOR DITCH OR CULVERT!
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
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
 
 
 
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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 8, 5:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ-012-081100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
505 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...GUSTY WINDS LIKELY OVER HARVEY AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES...

AT 502 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF WINDS GENERATED FROM OUTFLOW FROM
THUDERSTORM ACTIVTY OVER HARVEY COUNTY.  THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH
COLWICH BY 515 AM AND THROUGH WICHITA BY 530 AM.

WINDS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST ARE LIKELY
WHEN THIS LINEl MOVES THROUGH.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
556 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #224 AND TORNADO WATCH #223 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 550 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY TO
NEAR MARYSVILLE...NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...
THUS ALL WATCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN BE RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THEM
HAVE THE POTENTIAL...AGAIN...OF BEING SEVERE AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY.

*A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO AND HARVEY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM.*
*A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM.*
*A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS
 MORNING.*

HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:36 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
833 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 828 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND 50 MPH WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. ARKANSAS CITY
WILL SEE VERY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL ABOUT 900 AM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND THROUGH MCPHERSON TO 10
MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE.
.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED.

BOTH SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. AVOID WATER-COVERED ROADS.
ES
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:44 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
833 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 828 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND 50 MPH WINDS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARKANSAS CITY. ARKANSAS CITY
WILL SEE VERY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL ABOUT 900 AM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
OCCURRED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND THROUGH MCPHERSON TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE.
.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED.

BOTH SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SEE HPERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS. AVOID WATER-COVERED ROADS.
ES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno39 min
May 7, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley51 min
May 7, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood59 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase59 min
May 8, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson47 min
May 8, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno6 hr
May 8, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner46 min
May 8, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler5 hr
May 8, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
May 8, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick69 min
May 8, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk58 min
May 8, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler47 min
May 8, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood42 min
May 8, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson63 min
May 8, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion63 min
May 8, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Labette, Neosho52 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick6 hr
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion6 hr
May 8, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase4 hr
May 8, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery3 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.