Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 1989, 3:45 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 1989, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1989, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 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 KTOP 082123 RRA
FFWTOP
KSC045-087-082345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS ...RESENDING...
345 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...DOUGLAS
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE STREET
FLOODING IN THE LAWRENCE VICINITY. ALSO REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS IN THE
PERRY VICINITY HAS CAUSED SOME LOCAL FLOODING OVER ROADS.
THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINS WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY 4 30 PM
BUT CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.
FRANTZWhat 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, Sep 8, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-081645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1035 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 AT 1030 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED WITHIN AN AREA OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN A 20 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT. THE RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS FALLEN ON MOSTLY SATURATED GROUND SO PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS STAY ALERT AND TAKE FAST ACTION IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED. AS OF 1025 AM THIS MORNING GREENLEAF KANSAS...40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA HAD RECEIVED 2.10 SINCE RAINS BEGAN EARLIER THIS MORNING. THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER TWO INCH PLUS RAINS OVER THE AREA. ADDITONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SO SOME SERIOUS WATER PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 11:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-081745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1137 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT 1135 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR MARION TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR MCPHERSON TO 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLEN ELDER RESERVOIR TO NEAR PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE A LOT OF RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS KEEP ALERT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TAKE FAST ACTION IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 12:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-081845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1235 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT 1235 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON TO SALINA TO CONCORDIA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER SOME OF THIS AREA DURING THE MORNING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY THOSXE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ013-015-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 102 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 1255 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA AND MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. THESES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT IN INTENSITY BUT SOME COULD PUT DOWN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THAT RECIEVED RAINS THIS MORNING AND LAST NIGHT. THE RAINS OF LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORING HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND AND IN SOME CASES BROUGH STREAMS TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE...ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOODING BE REPORTED OR FORECAST. CRANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jewell | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 62 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.