Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1993, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rice County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 080057 COR TORCNK KSC159-080145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 754 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN RICE COUNTY AT 753 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND OR 10 MILES WEST OF STERLING MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE ALDEN AND RAYMOND SHOULD EXPECT THE STORM BY 810 PM AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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, 3:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 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, 4 hours 7 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, 3 hours 54 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, 3 hours 53 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, 2 hours 32 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
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:24 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ013>016-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 724 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ARE APPROACHING NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 715 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING NUMEROUS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN AND COUNCIL GROVE AREAS BEFORE 9 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POT\ENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY MIDNIGHT. LAPLANTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 39 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 66 min |
| May 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 51 min |
| May 7, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 58 min |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 35 min |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Morris | 8 hr |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 18 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 7 hr |
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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.