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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

June 24, 1989Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1989, 8:08 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1989, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1989, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Jewell 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1989-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 241308
FFWCNK
KSC201-089-157-241515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
808 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      WESTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN JEWELL...REPUBLIC

AT 800 AM TWO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING RECEIVED AT JUCTION
81 AND 148 OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA.  ALSO FLASH FLOODING
REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 148 IN REPUBLIC COUNTY.  THESE REPORTS
FROM KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL.

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS A
ND 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.

ADAMS/ES

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 24, 5:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
517 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 520 AM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 50 MILES SOUTH-
WEST OF CONCORDIA OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SALINA. IN ADDITION..THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED FROM
HAYS TO RUSSELL /30 MILES EAST OF HAYS/.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST
OF THE MORNING.
ES
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
625 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN CENTRAL AND NORTH-
CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 625 AM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA AND LINCOLN /30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA/. OTHER STORMS WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO
HERINGTON /30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA/.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.
ES
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:37 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-241330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
735 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE IN
NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 730 AM CDT...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CON-
CORDIA AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER. OTHER STORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CON-
CORDIA.

ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS
OF THESE STORMS..ESPECIALLY THOSE IN CONCORDIA..CLAY CENTER AND GLASCO
/20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA/ SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS. THE
LIGHTNING IS VERY DANGEROUS. STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE AND REFRAIN FROM
USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
ES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic, Washington2 hr
Jun 24, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson24 min
Jun 24, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson, Shawnee47 min
Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson30 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.