Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
- 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
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 &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 39 min |
| 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, 9:42 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 |
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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.