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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Topeka, KS

July 4, 1993Rice County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Rice 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, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
708 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
KANSAS UNTIL
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-040130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
732 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM AND TORNADO WATCH #593 FOR DICKINSON COUNTY THROUGH
   1 AM...

..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT
  BE EXTENDED...

AT 730 PM STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-040130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
732 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM AND TORNADO WATCH #593 FOR DICKINSON COUNTY THROUGH
   1 AM...

..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT
  BE EXTENDED...

AT 730 PM STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:59 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-040200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
759 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM AND TORNADO WATCH #593 FOR DICKINSON COUNTY THROUGH
   1 AM...

..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BARTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES HAVE
  EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

AT 758 PM STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-040200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
759 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #592 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM AND TORNADO WATCH #593 FOR DICKINSON COUNTY THROUGH
   1 AM...

..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BARTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES HAVE
  EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

AT 758 PM STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS
WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-050245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 738 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40
MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL FROM 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIAWATHA TO 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF KELLY...GOFF AND FAIRVIEW BY 915 PM.

PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.

REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTH
OF THE KANSAS RIVER UNTIL 100 AM.

WOYNICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton40 min
Jul 4, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha33 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPEllsworth43 min
Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsborne, Russell40 min
Jul 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa64 min
Jul 4, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall18 min
Jul 4, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPEllsworth44 min
Jul 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell31 min
Jul 4, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline45 min
Jul 4, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline3 hr
Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley49 min
Jul 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell62 min
Jul 4, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLincoln3 hr
Jul 4, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson, Saline49 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson24 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee27 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie46 min
Jul 4, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson, Saline21 min
Jul 4, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Mitchell69 min
Jul 4, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson28 min
Jul 4, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee29 min
Jul 4, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee41 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Ottawa3 hr
Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay44 min
Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley39 min
Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall45 min
Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington29 min
Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie29 min
Jul 5, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLincoln, Saline3 hr
Jul 5, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jul 5, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha26 min
Jul 5, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison, Jackson, Jefferson31 min
Jul 5, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie3 hr
Jul 5, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne38 min
Jul 5, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMitchell3 hr
Jul 5, 4:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsborne4 hr
Jul 5, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJewell4 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington4 hr
Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie3 hr
Jul 5, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley3 hr
Jul 5, 5:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley3 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic116 min
Jul 5, 8:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington3 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.