Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1993, 5:48 PM CDT for Shawnee County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1993, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 062249 TORTOP KSC177-197-062330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 548 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...EASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY AT 543 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA OR 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESKRIDGE BY THE ESKRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE KEENE AND DOVER AREA BY 615 PM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHE6LTER 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. LAPLANTE &
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 6, 2:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-062030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 234 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 225 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARYSVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA TO 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA NEAR BURLINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOPEKA AREA BY 3 PM. BY 330 PM THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM HIAWATHA TO 10 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCE TO GARNETT. HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM. LAPLANTE P
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 323 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS.... AT 315 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCE NEAR CLINTON LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE TURNPIKE AND REACH PERRY LAKE BY 4 PM. ANOTHER STORM LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CENTER WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE AREA BY 410 PM. HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLAY CENTER SOUTH TO WICHITA AND THESE WILL MOVE INpTO THE JUNCTION CITY TO COUNCIL GROVE AREAS BY 4PM. LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 350 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARYSVILLE TO JUNCTION CITY TO WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN TO COUNCIL GROVE BY 445 PM. HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM. LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 407 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR EASTERN OSBORNE AND ALL OF SMITH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 4 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN NORTHWEST JEWELL COUNTY SOUTH- WARD TO 45 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR DOWNS. THESE STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR WILSON AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SW
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 407 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR EASTERN OSBORNE AND ALL OF SMITH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 4 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN NORTHWEST JEWELL COUNTY SOUTH- WARD TO 45 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR DOWNS. THESE STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR WILSON AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. IFn THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SW
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 434 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 425 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA. STRONGER STORMS WERE 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA AND IN THE MANHATTAN AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LYON COUNTY AND REACH THE AMERICUS AND ADMIRE AREAS BY 530 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BY 530 PM THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM SENECA TO ST MARYS TO EMPORIA. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM. LAPLANTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 33 min |
| May 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Jewell, Republic | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 51 min |
| May 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 52 min |
| May 6, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 33 min |
| May 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 54 min |
| May 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 52 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 17 min |
| May 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 51 min |
| May 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 27 min |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 29 min |
| May 6, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 54 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 35 min |
| May 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 49 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.