Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1993, 8:38 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1993, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1993, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 090139 TORCNK KSC183-090230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 838 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY AT 834 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SMITH COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PB
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 8, 8:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 815 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #622 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR CLAY...OSBORNE CLOUD...OTTAWA...SMITH...JEWELL...WASHINGTON...MITCHELL...REPUBLIC DICKINSON...RUSSELL...SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO THE WESTERN MOST PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS JUST NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:15 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 815 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #622 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR CLAY...OSBORNE CLOUD...OTTAWA...SMITH...JEWELL...WASHINGTON...MITCHELL...REPUBLIC DICKINSON...RUSSELL...SALINE...ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO THE WESTERN MOST PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS JUST NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 830 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF TOPEKA AND HIAWATHA. AT THE PRESENT TIME, NO SEVERE WEATHER IS THREATENING NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE CLOSEST STORMS ARE ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER NEAR PHILLIPSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. THEY MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE AND DROP VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS WOULD BE AFTER 1030PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO POSTED TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIV6ER. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 21 min |
| Jul 9, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.