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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 1993Morris County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 10:58 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1993, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1993, 11:39 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Morris 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 24, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 18 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, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln65 min
Jul 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud60 min
Jul 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington36 min
Jul 24, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Ottawa58 min
Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington43 min
Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline50 min
Jul 24, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley41 min
Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson60 min
Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline3 hr
Jul 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa, Saline44 min
Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson68 min
Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline40 min
Jul 24, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley39 min
Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 hr
Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson52 min
Jul 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr
Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee28 min
Jul 24, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary36 min
Jul 24, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Jul 25, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee2 hr
Jul 25, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 25, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson2 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr

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.