Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 5:13 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 072214 TORCNK KSC167-072245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 513 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY AT 513 PM SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON THE RUSSELL-BARTON COUNTY LINE OR 25 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BAKER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 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 26 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 26 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 13 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 12 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Atchison | 43 min |
| May 6, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 19 min |
| May 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 54 min |
| May 7, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 68 min |
| May 7, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 50 min |
| May 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 48 min |
| May 7, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Barton | 35 min |
| May 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 47 min |
| May 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Barton | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 49 min |
| May 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 28 min |
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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.