Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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/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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 30 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.