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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Topeka, KS

July 8, 1993Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 10:36 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell 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 8, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-080230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
830 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST
OF TOPEKA AND HIAWATHA. AT THE PRESENT TIME, NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
THREATENING NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE CLOSEST STORMS ARE
ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER NEAR PHILLIPSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. THEY MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE AND
DROP VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS WOULD BE AFTER 1030PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS ALSO POSTED TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE KANSAS RIV6ER.

KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:23 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:24 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:34 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:59 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPSmith32 min
Jul 8, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell32 min
Jul 8, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne45 min
Jul 9, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell25 min
Jul 9, 2:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud3 hr
Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown, Nemaha3 hr
Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall3 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.