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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS

June 13, 1993Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1993, 6:29 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1993, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wabaunsee County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1497 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 132330
TORTOP
KSC197-149-140015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
 
AT 623 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN
OR JUST WEST OF WAMEGO. STORM SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED A TORNADO TO THE
NORTH NORTHWEST OF WAMEGO AT 625 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WAMEGO AND BELVUE TO
NEAR ST. MARYS BY 715 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND VALUE YOUR LIFE...GET TO A
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. GEORGE.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall48 min
Jun 13, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley41 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie45 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee56 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.