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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wichita, KS

August 28, 1989Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 1989, 9:36 PM CDT for Harvey County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1989, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1989, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harvey County, KS, Marion 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1989-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4158 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 1989-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
15.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno60 min
Aug 28, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey62 min
Aug 28, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Chase3 hr
Aug 28, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner117 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.