Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 1993, 3:11 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1993, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lawrence, KS | A small tornado touched down briefly northeast of Lawrence in the Midland area along Highway 24. No damage was observed or reported. |
| Sep 21, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lawrence, KS | A short lived tornado hit about 0.5 mile south of the Lawrence Airport causing only minor damage to some outbuildings. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 212011 TORTOP KSC045-087-212115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 311 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 310PM...A SEVERE STORM OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES WAS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT LAWRENCE, LECOMPTON, PERRY LAKE, AND GRANTVILLE. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND ROTATING WALL CLOUDS AS IT MOVED ACROSS SHAWNEE AND JACKSON COUNTIES. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT... SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DE4BRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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 21, 9:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-211530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 930 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 930 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED NEWELY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS IN A 20 MILWIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR COURTLAND SOUTHWARD TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BARNARD. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR SCANDIA AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLASCO. NOLES
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 9:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-211545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 947 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS AROUND LOVEWELL LAKE... A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED AROUND THE LOVEWELL LAKE AREA. PERSONS NEAR OR AROUND LOVEWELL LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AND GET AWAY FROM THE WATER. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE JEWELL COUNTY LINE INTO NEBRAKSA BY 955 AM CDT. NOLES
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ004>008-010-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1046 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREA LAKES IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A STRONG SOUTH WIND OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATER ON AREA LAKES. ANYONE VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND STAY IN AREAS PROTECTED FROM THE HIGH WIND. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 11:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ013>016-211730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1124 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1120 AM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR THE WASHINGTON-MARSHALL COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH WATERVILLE AND BLUE RAPIDS BETWEEN 1140 AND 1155 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1240 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...LEAVING BEHIND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE REGION. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NORTHWARD OVER THE REGION. A STABLE ATMOSPHERE HAS SETTLED IN BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH WILL SUPRESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WITH GOOD HEATING AT THE SURFACE...THE APPROACH OF THE DRYLINE AND A GOOD MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. NOLES
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1240 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...LEAVING BEHIND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE REGION. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NORTHWARD OVER THE REGION. A STABLE ATMOSPHERE HAS SETTLED IN BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH WILL SUPRESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WITH GOOD HEATING AT THE SURFACE...THE APPROACH OF THE DRYLINE AND A GOOD MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. NOLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 20 min |
| Sep 21, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 32 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.