Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 56, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1993, 8:09 PM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 5445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 28.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 250110 RRA TORCNK KSC201-250145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 809 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 808 PM HIGHWAY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR MAHASKA...OR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHERN WASTHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BAKER
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 24, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 514 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 510 PM RADAR INDICATED NEWLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG THE WESTERN BORDERS OF OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES FROM NEAR NATOMA NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF KIRWIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT 510 PM WERE ONLY PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN AND SOME LIGHTNING...BUT SHOULD STRENGTHEN FURTHER THROUGH 6 PM AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS WESTERN OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS HAS PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 609 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 605 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE ATMOSPHERE HOWEVER REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MAINLY THAT PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF LINE FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...TO MANHATTAN...TO JUNCTION CITY. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPING DURIPNG THE EVENING AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 655 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT... AT 650 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARSHALL COUNTY NORTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED... AT 725 PM RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PREVIOSLY PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF MITCHELL COUNTY...AND WAS NO LONGER SHOWING SIGNS OF TORNADIC ACITIVIY. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED... AT 725 PM RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PREVIOSLY PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF MITCHELL COUNTY...AND WAS NO LONGER SHOWING SIGNS OF TORNADIC ACITIVIY. PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:57 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 756 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 750 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE TO SALINA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE...WATERVILLE AND BLUE RAPIDS AREAS BY 830 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN RILEY COUNTY BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES TONIGHT. REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. WOYNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa, Saline | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 68 min |
| Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 3 hr |
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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.