Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1989, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCNK 110125
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KSC123-110330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
825 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
MITCHELL
AT 816 PM CDT MITCHELL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER COVERING
HIGHWAY K14 NORTH OF BELOIT AND US ROUTE 24 BETWEEN BELOIT AND
GLEN ELDER. OVER 5 INCHES /5.1/ OF RAIN FELL AT CAWKER CITY /40
MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA/.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS AND LOW AREAS. BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND DON/T TRY TO CROSS
WATER RUSHING OVER ROADS AND STREETS.
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU LIVE NEAR FLOOD PRONE
AREAS GO IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.
ESWhat 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, 2:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 226 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 223 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST PHILLIPSBURG TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR HARLAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GROWN IN SIZE AND INTENSITY SINCE 2 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY DANGER WITH THESE STORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT 223 PM. THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 340 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 45 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WAS NEAR SMITH CENTER /25 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG/ IN NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF GREAT BEND CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS BY ABOUT 420 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECTF UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CEN- TRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ES
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 455 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. AT 350 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED ALONG A 15 MILE WIDE LINE FROM MANHATTAN TO COUNCIL GROVE. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHTEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE ON THEIR PRESENT COURSE THEY BE MIDWAY BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND TOPEKA JUST BEFORE 4 PM CDT. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 453 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS TOPEKA SHORTLY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT 450PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SHAWNEE COUNTY AND TOPEKA BETWEEN 5PM AND ABOUT 6PM THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 6PM THE RAIN AREA SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR HOLTON...20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LAWRENCE. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ013-KS014-KS015-KS016-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS TOPEKA SHORTLY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT 450PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SHAWNEE COUNTY AND TOPEKA BETWEEN 5PM AND ABOUT 6PM THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 6PM THE RAIN AREA SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR HOLTON...20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LAWRENCE. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 58 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.