Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1993, 11:13 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.9
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 9, 7:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ013>016-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 713 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 710 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS CONFINED MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR TUTTLE CREEK RESEVOIR. PERSONS ON TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AND GET OFF THE LAKE UNTIL THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE CITIES OF HOLTON AND WESTMORELAND MAY SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM BY 8 PM. + BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ013>016-100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 813 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 810 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR VALLEY FALLS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN NEAR BLUE RAPIDS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY PRODUCING BREIF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL..WERE LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOYT AND MAYETTA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE CITIES OF FRANKFORT...HOLTON AND VALLEY FALLS CAN EXPECT TO SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM BY 9 PM. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSC085-177-100345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 942 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM FOR NORTHERN SHAWNEE AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES... AT 929 PM...QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA OR 2 MILES SOUTH OF EMMETT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EA AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS DELIA IN SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORM HAS MOVEDf EAST OUT OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THERE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW!! BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:16 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1016 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #629 IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...CLOUD...OTTOWA... REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON...DICKINSON...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 1010 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOVEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION...AND KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:17 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1016 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #629 IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...CLOUD...OTTOWA... REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON...DICKINSON...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 1010 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOVEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION...AND KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 5:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 112 min |
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.