Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1993, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 190123 TORCNK KSC141-190200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 822 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY AT 820 CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 35 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL JUST NORTHWEST OF COVERT MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH . THIS STORM WILL MOVE MAINLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH 845 PM CDT. 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 dIN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PACKETT
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, Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 658 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 655 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND...TO WACONDA LAKE (35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA)... TO THE CITY OF JEWELL (25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA). THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER WACONDA LAKE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS PARTICULAR WEATHER SITUATION. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 658 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 655 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND...TO WACONDA LAKE (35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA)... TO THE CITY OF JEWELL (25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA). THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER WACONDA LAKE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS PARTICULAR WEATHER SITUATION. . BAKER
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:02 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 802 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BELOIT (25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA) TO HAYS TO TO NEAR GARDEN CITY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS IN THE PAST HOUR. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN YOUR AREA. BAKER
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:03 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 802 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BELOIT (25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA) TO HAYS TO TO NEAR GARDEN CITY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS IN THE PAST HOUR. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN YOUR AREA. BAKER
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECT WORDING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 805 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BELOIT (25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA) TO HAYS TO TO NEAR GARDEN CITY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSASHAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS IN THE PAST HOUR. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN YOUR AREA. BAKER
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECT WORDING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 805 PM CDT SAT SEP 18 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE...RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BELOIT (25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA) TO HAYS TO TO NEAR GARDEN CITY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSASHAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS IN THE PAST HOUR. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION IN YOUR AREA. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 27 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.