Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1989, 1:22 AM CDT for Chautauqua County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1989, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Montgomery 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 110622
FFWICT
KSC019-125-111030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
122 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
CHAUTAUQUA...MONTGOMERY
FOUR TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF CHAUTAQUA AND MONTOGOMERY COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING ON ONION AND SYCAMORE CREEKS IN MONTOGOMERY COUNTY.
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONS ARE EVACUATING PERSONS IN PARTS OF
COFFEYVILLE KANSAS. MANY OTHER STREAMS ARE LIKELY AT OR ABOVE
BANKFULL IN CHAUTAQUA AND MONTOGOMERY COUNTIES. CONSIDERBLE STREET
AND RURAL ROAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND DON/T TRY TO
CROSS WATER RUSHING OVER ROADS.
ELANDWhat 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, 11:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KS011-012-014-017-110445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1113 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF KANSAS INCLUDING CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 1105 PM...THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED AND MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KINGMAN /OR 30 MILES WEST OF WICHITA/ TO JUST EAST OF ELDORADO IN EAST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY. THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE SATURATED GROUND THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND TjHE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MUCH OF KANSAS REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. STEADHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KS011-012-014-017-110515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1140 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF KANSAS INCLUDING CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 1135 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO 40 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA TO THE MISSOURI BORDER 30 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED AND EXTENDED MAINLY FROM CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE SATURATED GROUND THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MUCH OF KANSAS REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. STEADHAM
Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:29 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1230 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 1989
TIME EVENT LOCATION
CDT
352 PM ONE INCH HAIL 3 EAST GODDARD
(SEDGWICK COUNTY)
406 PM NICKLE SIZE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTHWEST
OF WICHITA MID-CONTINENT
439 PM ONE INCH HAIL SOUTH WICHITA 46 TH OAK
525 PM HORSE BARN BLOWN OVER 1/2 MILES WEST OF ROSE
NO INJURIES HILL KS (BUTLER COUNTY)
433 PM 1 1/4 INCH HAIL MC CONNELL AFB
433 PM 2 INCH HAIL SOUTHEAST WICHITA 44TH
MC ARTHUR ST.
435PM 1 INCH HAIL SOUTHEAST WICHITA
MT VERNON GEORGE
TIME EVENT LOCATION
613 PM GOLF BALL HAIL 3 MILES WEST AUGUSTA KS
(BUTLER COUNTY)
618 PM BASEBALL HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF AUGUSTA
(BUTLER COUNTY)
618 PM GOLF BALL HAIL AUGUSTA KS
(BUTLER COUNTY)
638 PM GOLF BALL HAIL 12 SOUTHEST AUGUSTA KS
(BUTLER)
733 PM LEMON SIZE HAIL 1 NE OF ELGIN KS
(CHAUTAQUA CO)
625 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 SW LATHAM KS
(BUTLER COUNTY)
619 PM 60 MPH WIND 9 MILES NW SEDAN KS
(CHAUTAQUA)
910 PM GOLF BALL HAIL DEARING KS
(MONTGOMERY COUNTY)
730 PM 6 INCH TREE LIMBS ELBING KS
DOWN i (BUTLER COUNTY)
ELANDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 41 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.