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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 1993Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1993, 10:38 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1993, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1993, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5445 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 250339
TORCNK
KSC041-250430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1038 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 1036 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALINA NEAR HOLLAND MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM
WILL BE NEAR NAVARRE BY 11 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!!!
 
 
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.
 
WHITMORE

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, 8:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-250200
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
823 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 701 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
KANSAS COUNTIES...

...NORTH CENTRAL...
JEWELL          MITCHELL
OSBORNE         ROOKS
SMITH

KSC041-051-053-105-167-169-250500-
...CENTRAL...
ELLIS
RUSSELL

THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

RWC
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...AN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MARSHALL COUNTY
OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...

AT 830 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST NORTH OF
MARYSVILLE TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY.  THE STRONGER
STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED WIND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG
WITH WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES AREAS ARE IN A
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH WHILE
THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ON LINE FROM ABOUT 25
MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR SENECA...ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE
TO JUST WEST OF MANHATTAN...TO JUNCTION CIT$Y BY 930 PM.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE
WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TRO EXPIRE...

AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE
WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:40 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
940 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RILEY AND
SOUTHERN MARSHALL HAS EXPIRED...

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE SHOWN SOME DECREASE IN
INTENSITY...FOR THE TIME BEING BUT WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...POSSIBLE SOME
SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

AT 925 MPH RADAR HAD THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT
25 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA NEAR SENECA TO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
JUNCTION CITY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SENECA
AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR BLAINE.

CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE STORMS ON A LINE FROM THE HIAWATHA
VICINITY TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA BY AROUND 1030 PM.

TORNADO WATCHES COVER A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH
2 AM CDT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED OVERNIGHT FOR ALL OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER.  ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR WATER OVER RAODWAYS.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:04 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1004 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JUNCTION CITY.
THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE THROUGH GEARY COUNTY.  VERY HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

THE GEARY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR AT THE TOWN OF MILFORD JUST BEFORE 10 PM.

THE STORMS BETWEEN MARYSVILLE AND HIAWATHA OR NEAR SENECA HAVE
DECREASED. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND
LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THE REGION.  PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION.

KISNER

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln65 min
Jul 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud60 min
Jul 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington36 min
Jul 24, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Ottawa58 min
Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington43 min
Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline50 min
Jul 24, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley41 min
Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson60 min
Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline3 hr
Jul 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa, Saline44 min
Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson68 min
Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline40 min
Jul 24, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley39 min
Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 hr
Jul 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 24, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris41 min
Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr
Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee28 min
Jul 24, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary36 min
Jul 24, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Jul 25, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee2 hr
Jul 25, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 25, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson2 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 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.