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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

July 1, 1993Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1993, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3600 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
16.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 020027
TORCNK
KSC141-020100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
726 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...OSBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 724 A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BETWEEN OSBORNE AND COVERT AND RADAR
CONTINUES TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THIS AREA...ALSO GOLFBALL TO
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS OCCURING IN THE VICINITY OF OSBORNE. TAKE SHELTER
NOW!!!!!!
 
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.
 
NOLES

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, Jul 1, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
606 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION...

AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...ONE
OF WHICH WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRPORT.  THE
OTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF OSBORNE.  MOVEMENT HAS NOT
YET BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
606 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION...

AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...ONE
OF WHICH WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLNEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRPORT.  THOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF OSBORNE.  MOVEMENT HAS NOT
YET BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
606 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION...

AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...ONE
OF WHICH WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLNEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRPORT.  TH
OTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF OSBORNE.  MOVEMENT HAS NOT
YET BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-020015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
606 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST SECTIONS OF THE REGION...

AT 605 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...ONE
OF WHICH WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL NEAR THE TOWN OF FAIRPORT.  THE
OTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF OSBORNE.  MOVEMENT HAS NOT
YET BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

NOLES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsborne25 min
Jul 1, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay36 min
Jul 1, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell61 min
Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington37 min
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Mitchell45 min
Jul 1, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud60 min
Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRussell42 min
Jul 1, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay26 min
Jul 1, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington50 min
Jul 1, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington45 min
Jul 1, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley28 min
Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee45 min
Jul 1, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRussell3 hr
Jul 2, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBarton2 hr
Jul 2, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay3 hr
Jul 2, 1:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline4 hr
Jul 2, 4:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBarton4 hr
Jul 2, 5:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline4 hr
Jul 2, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas43 min
Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon30 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.