Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pottawatomie County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 3169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 30, 6:46 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 646 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #556 in effect until midnight for all of north central kansas...and for dickinson...ellsworth...lincoln and saline counties in central kansas...this replaces tornado watch #551... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED a strong THUNDERSTORM IN northeastern dickison county...approximately 5 miles southwest of junction city. other showers and thunderstorms were in northeastern clay and eastern washington counties. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 646 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #556 in effect until midnight for all of north central kansas...and for dickinson...ellsworth...lincoln and saline counties in central kansas...this replaces tornado watch #551... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED a strong THUNDERSTORM IN northeastern dickison county...approximately 5 miles southwest of junction city. other showers and thunderstorms were in northeastern clay and eastern washington counties. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:49 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
649 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993
...TORNADO WATCH #556 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR DICKINSON...ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN AND SALINE COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL KANSAS...THIS REPLACES TORNADO WATCH #551...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...
AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN
DICKISON COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNI
NGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
BAKERSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 6:49 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010045-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
649 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993
...TORNADO WATCH #556 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR DICKINSON...ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN AND SALINE COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL KANSAS...THIS REPLACES TORNADO WATCH #551...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...
AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN
DICKISON COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNI
NGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
BAKERSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-302345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 655 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #551 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY NEAR NEW CAMBRIA. AND IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTION COUNTY NEAR NATKA. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. EARLIER STORMS IN NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON HAD PRODUCED 1 3/4 INCH HAIL IN NORHTEASTERN COUNTY. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-302345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION 2ND PRGPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 658 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #551 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY NEAR NEW CAMBRIA. AND IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTION COUNTY NEAR NATKA. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES. EARLIER STORMS IN NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON HAD PRODUCED 1 3/4 INCH HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 44 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.