Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1993, 2:36 PM CDT for Douglas County, Osage County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1993, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOP 121939 RRA SVRTOP KSC045-139-177-122015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 236 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY AT 235 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX FROM CARBONDALE TO THE WEST END OF PAMONA RESERVOIR OR BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THE THUNDERSTROMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT RICHMOND IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SHAWNEE COUNTY AND THE WEST END OF CLINTON LAKE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BY 3PM. BURLINGAME RECEIVED MARBLE TO NEAR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 215 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. KML
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, Apr 12, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-121845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1254 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 AT 1250 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR DELPHOS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SALINA JUST EAST OF BENNINGTON AND 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA JUST NORTH OF ABILENE AND WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR STOCKTON. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-121845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1254 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 AT 1250 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR DELPHOS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SALINA JUST EAST OF BENNINGTON AND 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA JUST NORTH OF ABILENE AND WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR STOCKTON. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:55 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 155 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 155 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM SALINA TO CHAPMAN. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BURR OAK IN NORTHERN JEWELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHEAST OF AN ABILENE TO SMITH CENTER LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SOLOMON AND CHAPMAN IN DICKINSON COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH AND KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NOLES
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:55 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 155 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 155 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM SALINA TO CHAPMAN. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BURR OAK IN NORTHERN JEWELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHEAST OF AN ABILENE TO SMITH CENTER LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SOLOMON AND CHAPMAN IN DICKINSON COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH AND KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NOLES
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 218 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OTTAWA OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO PUMP MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN DICKINSON OR CLAY COUNTIES...OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:19 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-112300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 218 PM CDT MON APR 12 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OTTAWA OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY SYNOPSIS: LOW PRESSURE OVER OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO PUMP MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN DICKINSON OR CLAY COUNTIES...OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 35 min |
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.