Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 6:47 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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KSZ007-008-010-011-042330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 610 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR DICKENSON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY OVER THE REGION. TWO STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR BARNARD OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF ELLSWORTH. THESE STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AND PERSONS OVER ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN AND SOUTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. NOLES N
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ013>016-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 635 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 625PM CDT AN INTENSE STORM AROUND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN WAS ABOUT TO ENTER WESTERN RILEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD LEONARDVILLE AND RANDOLPH AND SHOULD REACH THESE AREAS BEFORE 7PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM AROUND 10 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN TO JUST EAST OF HIAWATHA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH OF TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Russell | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 63 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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