Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 10:21 PM CDT for Geary County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geary County, KS, Riley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 5445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 28.7
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 24, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-250200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 823 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 701 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... JEWELL MITCHELL OSBORNE ROOKS SMITH KSC041-051-053-105-167-169-250500- ...CENTRAL... ELLIS RUSSELL THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. RWC
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 846 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...AN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MARSHALL COUNTY OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA... AT 830 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST NORTH OF MARYSVILLE TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED WIND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG WITH WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES AREAS ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 25 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ON LINE FROM ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR SENECA...ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE TO JUST WEST OF MANHATTAN...TO JUNCTION CIT$Y BY 930 PM. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:22 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN ALLOWED TRO EXPIRE... AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 940 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RILEY AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE SHOWN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY...FOR THE TIME BEING BUT WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT 925 MPH RADAR HAD THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SENECA TO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SENECA AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR BLAINE. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE STORMS ON A LINE FROM THE HIAWATHA VICINITY TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA BY AROUND 1030 PM. TORNADO WATCHES COVER A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH 2 AM CDT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED OVERNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER. ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER RAODWAYS. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:04 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa, Saline | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 68 min |
| Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.