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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

May 7, 1993Smith County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1993, 5:43 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1993, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, May 7, 2:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-072100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
   ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION AND APPROACHING DRIER AIR FROM
THE WEST...THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOPE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ENOUGH TO HAVE TORNADIC POTENTIAL.

PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE URGED TO KEEP
A WATCH ON THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES OR
OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

BAKER
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
347 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM...

WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION AND APPROACHING DRIER AIR FROM
THE WEST...THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.

PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE URGED TO KEEP
A WATCH ON THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES OR
OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

BAKER
Special weather statement, May 7, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
347 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM...

WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION AND APPROACHING DRIER AIR FROM
THE WEST...THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.

PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE URGED TO KEEP
A WATCH ON THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES OR
OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

BAKER
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
   CENTRAL KANSAS....

AT 355 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
10 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR VICTORIA SOUTHWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS
NEAR RUSH CENTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BARTON AND RUSSELL
COUNTIES BY 430 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...
SW
Special weather statement, May 7, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
   CENTRAL KANSAS....

AT 355 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
10 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR VICTORIA SOUTHWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS
NEAR RUSH CENTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BARTON AND RUSSELL
COUNTIES BY 430 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...
SW
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ013>016-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
520 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993

AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARIETTA AND OKETO AREAS BY 545 PM.

THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY 550 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

WOYNICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin30 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAtchison43 min
May 6, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Shawnee19 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall46 min
May 7, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton54 min
May 7, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell68 min
May 7, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne50 min
May 7, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRussell32 min
May 7, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton48 min
May 7, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton35 min
May 7, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLincoln, Russell45 min
May 7, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton32 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLincoln, Mitchell49 min
May 7, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPSmith28 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.