Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pottawatomie County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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
- 1497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 132245 RRA TORTOP KSC149-132300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 530 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WESTMORELAND. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO THROUGH OR CLOSE TO THE CITIES OF WESTMORELAND...FOSTORIA AND BLAINE TO NEAR WHEATON BY 6 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GET TO A BASEMENT IMMEDIATELY. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!. 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. BILLS
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, Jun 13, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 347 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 345PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO AROUND 15 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS AROUND 15 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR AXTELL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEMAHA COUNTY AND MAY EFFECT SENECA BY 415PM CDT. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THIS STORM ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY FROM SABETHA TO JUNCTION CITY THROUGH 530PM CDT. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10PM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 420 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. AT 410 PM...RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING STORMS TO THE EAST OF A CLAY CENTER TO NEBRASKA CITY LINE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS IN NEBRASKA...ABOUT 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE. AT THE MOMENT...NO STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WERE IN THE CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION...BUT AS UNSTABLE AS ATMOSPHERE CURRENTLY IS... RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 420 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. AT 410 PM...RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING STORMS TO THE EAST OF A CLAY CENTER TO NEBRASKA CITY LINE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS IN NEBRASKA...ABOUT 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE. AT THE MOMENT...NO STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WERE IN THE CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION...BUT AS UNSTABLE AS ATMOSPHERE CURRENTLY IS... RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:36 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 435 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 5PM CDT. AT 426PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THIS LINE INTO CENTRAL RILEY COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER THIS AREA IS IN A TORNADO WATCH ALSO. A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY ANYWHERE IN THIS LINE. PLEASE MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSES. STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER POTTAWATOMIE SOUTHEAST RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 517 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 515 PM...RADAR DETECTED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DECTECTED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...GENERALLY EAST OF A FORT RILEY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEBRASKA CITY LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONCE AGAIN...NO STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WERE IN THE CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION...BUT AS UNSTABLE AS ATMOSPHERE CURRENTLY IS... RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:18 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 517 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 515 PM...RADAR DETECTED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DECTECTED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION...GENERALLY EAST OF A FORT RILEY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEBRASKA CITY LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONCE AGAIN...NO STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WERE IN THE CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION...BUT AS UNSTABLE AS ATMOSPHERE CURRENTLY IS... RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 46 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.