Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1993, 9:39 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOP 030239 RRA SVRTOP KSC117-131-149-030345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 939 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...WESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY ...NORTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AT 935 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR BLAINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE TOWNS OF BLAINE...ONAGA...LILLIS...FRANKFORT...CORNING... AND CENTRALIA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. TAKE SHELTER NOW. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 2, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 747 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF EMPORIA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 745 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA NEAR COTTONWOOD FALLS TO EMPORIA... TO 15 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA NEAR LEBO. NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THE STORMS IN LYON COUNTY. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ONLY ABOUT 5 MPH TO THE SOUTH. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:40 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-030230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 840 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BARTON...LINCOLN...DICKINSON...RUSSELL... MCPHERSON...SALINE...ELLSWORTH...RICE...CLAY...CLOUD...OTTAWA...MITCHELL... AND OSBORNE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 840 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON. TORRENTIAL RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR BENNINGTON TO 45 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR OSBORNE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS AREA OF STORMS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. CONDITINS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... SOME OF WHICH COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PACKETT 62L v6WWUSF v6WWUS2 (WWUS 6WWUSr WWUSb N6WWUS Ly6WWUS6 $WWUS WWUS pDe^WSUSh. $6WWUS lX WUUS ,YHWWNZT WSJP FPUS qWWUSN FPUS HNg'FPCN FQUS 6WWUS FPUS p-P#FPUSh*+ 6WWUS$ T- WUUSZ ;96WWUS \2 WUUSv 0XWSUS X7q4WSUS 46/// /2303 1026163 90050 22200 >' WUUSx 91204 555 11031 !=`WWUS 47 70727 46/// /"^6WWUS T2200 00269 1063U^WSUS~ x< WUUS& (Q`WWUS D/$66WWUS^ /WWUSt 4-b6WWUS 1 WUUS\ $6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-030230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 840 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BARTON...LINCOLN...DICKINSON...RUSSELL... MCPHERSON...SALINE...ELLSWORTH...RICE...CLAY...CLOUD...OTTAWA...MITCHELL... AND OSBORNE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 840 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON. TORRENTIAL RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR BENNINGTON TO 45 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR OSBORNE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS AREA OF STORMS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. CONDITINS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... SOME OF WHICH COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATMENTS AND ~POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:14 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-030315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 914 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKING TO THE SOUTH OF EMPORIA...BUT WERE STILL PRODUCING VERY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 929 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BARTON...LINCOLN...DICKINSON...RUSSELL... MCPHERSON...SALINE...ELLSWORTH...RICE...CLAY...CLOUD...OTTAWA...MITCHELL... AND OSBORNE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 925 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT STILL EXISTS...SOME OF WHICH COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 929 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BARTON...LINCOLN...DICKINSON...RUSSELL... MCPHERSON...SALINE...ELLSWORTH...RICE...CLAY...CLOUD...OTTAWA...MITCHELL... AND OSBORNE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 925 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT STILL EXISTS...SOME OF WHICH COULD DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PACKETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.