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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Topeka, KS

September 21, 1993Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 1993, 4:43 PM CDT for Douglas County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 1993, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 1993, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Douglas County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 212143
TORTOP
KSC045-212215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
443 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND 5
MILES EAST OF LAWRENCE AT EUDORA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 15
MPH. TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY EOC AT
EUDORA AT 441PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF EUDORA SHOULD BE IN SAFE SHELTER.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 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

Local storm report, Sep 21, 3:51 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
352 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993

PRELIMINARY SEVERE STORM REPORTS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 21 1993

COUNTY          LOCATION           TIME-CDT      REPORT

JACKSON         8 N OF DELIA        1:45PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         8 N OF DELIA        1:50PM    TORNADO ON GROUND
                                              MOVING EAST

POTTAWATOMIE    EAST OF ST CLAIR    1:55PM    TORNADO DOWN AND BACK UP

JACKSON         WESTERN PART        2:03PM    GOLFBALL HAIL

JACKSON         NORTH OF HOYT       2:16PM    GOLFBALL HAIL AND FUNNEL
                                              CLOUD
,
JEFFERSON       MERIDEN             2:40PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         SOLDIER TO DELIA    2:45PM    FLOODING ON SOLDIER CREEK

JACKSON         DELIA               1:25PM    1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL

JACKSON         EMMETT              1:25PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
                                              WINDS TO 65 MPH

JACKSON         2 N OF HOYT         2:15PM    PING PONG SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         AT JACKSON,         2:53PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
JEFFERSON       JEFFERSON AND
SHAWNEE    $     SHAWNEE COUNTY
                JUNCTION

JEFFERSON       MERIDEN             2:57PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JEFFERSON       LAKESIDE VILLAGE    3:00PM    1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                AT LAKE PERRY

LWS

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:51 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-212145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
351 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS
EXCEPT FOR RUSSELL...BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTY...AND FOR ALL OF
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM CDT RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CCNTRAL OR
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY VOLITILE SITUATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

SW

Local storm report, Sep 21, 3:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
352 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993

PRELIMINARY SEVERE STORM REPORTS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 21 1993

COUNTY          LOCATION           TIME-CDT      REPORT

JACKSON         8 N OF DELIA        1:45PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         8 N OF DELIA        1:50PM    TORNADO ON GROUND
                                              MOVING EAST

POTTAWATOMIE    EAST OF ST CLAIR    1:55PM    TORNADO DOWN AND BACK UP

JACKSON         WESTERN PART        2:03PM    GOLFBALL HAIL

JACKSON         NORTH OF HOYT       2:16PM    GOLFBALL HAIL AND FUNNEL
                                              CLOUD
,
JEFFERSON       MERIDEN             2:40PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         SOLDIER TO DELIA    2:45PM    FLOODING ON SOLDIER CREEK

JACKSON         DELIA               1:25PM    1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL

JACKSON         EMMETT              1:25PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
                                              WINDS TO 65 MPH

JACKSON         2 N OF HOYT         2:15PM    PING PONG SIZE HAIL

JACKSON         AT JACKSON,         2:53PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
JEFFERSON       JEFFERSON AND
SHAWNEE         SHAWNEE COUNTY
                JUNCTION

JEFFERSON       MERIDEN             2:57PM    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

JEFFERSON       LAKESIDE VILLAGE    3:00PM    1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                AT LAKE PERRY

LWS

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-212145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
351 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS
EXCEPT FOR RUSSELL...BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTY...AND FOR ALL OF
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM CDT RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CCNTRAL OR
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY( VOLITILE SITUATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

SW

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-212245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
443 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS
EXCEPT FOR RUSSELL...BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTY...AND FOR ALL OF
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 442 PM CDT RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CCNTRAL OR
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

SW

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, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	64 min
Sep 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	Douglas, Jefferson	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.