Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1989, 11:12 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1989, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1112 PM CDT JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
...CLARK
VERY HEAVY RAINS IN CLARK COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AND FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AN AREA FROM ASHLAND TO ENGLEWOOD.
STREETS IN ASHLAND WERE RUNNING FULL AND SMALL STREAMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE BANKFUL WITH CONTINUED RAINS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS ]SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 620 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 9PM AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 620 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED NEAR LARNED AND NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY OR 30 MILES NORTH OF PRATT. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT EAST 10 MPH. MINOR FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVY RAINS IN LOW AREA ANY DRIVING INTO WATER COVERED ROADS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 720 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 720 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTH OF PRATT IN NORTH STAFFORD COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. MINOR FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVY RAINS IN LOW AREA ANY DRIVING INTO WATER COVERED ROADS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 820 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 820 PM CDT A TORNADIC TYPE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS KEARNEY AND NORTHWEST FINNEY COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. A COUPLE OF TORNADO SIGHTING WERE REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. NO CITIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS WERE IN DANGER AT THIS TIME AS THE STORM WAS OCCURRING OVER OPEN FIELDS. HEAVY RAINS ALSO WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER IN LOW AREAS. GREGG
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 908 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE EAST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 9PM CDT DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE OR 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CA[N BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN OBSERVED. RYBA
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:00 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY, KS. 1100 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF KANSAS... AT 1055PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ONE LARGE AREA EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL EAST TO THE PRATT AREA. THE SECOND AREA WAS FROM GARDEN CITY EAST TO A POINT 20 MILES NORTEH OF PRATT KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE NIGHT TONIGHT. RYBA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 56 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.