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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Topeka, KS

July 9, 1993Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1993, 9:32 PM CDT for Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1993, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, KS, Shawnee 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 9, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
KSZ013>016-100115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
713 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993

...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 710 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS CONFINED MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA
TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WAS LOCATED
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR TUTTLE CREEK RESEVOIR.

PERSONS ON TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INDOORS
AND GET OFF THE LAKE UNTIL THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE CITIES OF
HOLTON AND WESTMORELAND MAY SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM BY 8 PM.
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BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ013>016-100215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
813 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 810 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION
EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR VALLEY FALLS TO 30 MILES
NORTH OF MANHATTAN NEAR BLUE RAPIDS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY
PRODUCING BREIF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL..WERE LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA
NEAR HOYT AND MAYETTA.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE
CITIES OF FRANKFORT...HOLTON AND VALLEY FALLS CAN EXPECT TO SEE A SHOWER
OR THUNDERSTORM BY 9 PM.

BARLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie34 min
Jul 9, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee43 min
Jul 9, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee30 min
Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas47 min
Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee39 min
Jul 9, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson43 min
Jul 9, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee3 hr
Jul 9, 11:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas36 min
Jul 10, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas26 min
Jul 10, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson55 min
Jul 10, 5:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin112 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.