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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS

June 26, 1989Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1989, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1989, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 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 12:00Z, 10.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1989-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1989-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 262200
FFWCNK
KSC123-270400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
500 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      MITCHELL

AT 500 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE BELOIT AREA AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS
MITCHELL COUNTY.  DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS AND SATURATED GROUND
FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE VERY GENERAL ACROSS MITCHELL
COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM.

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 WILL LIKELY RESULT FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  STAY AWAY FROM AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO FLOODING LIKE SMA{LL STREAMS..LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.
GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

PHILLIPS

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 26, 11:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-261730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1132 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

AT 1130 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA.  ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WAS INDICATED AS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER SOME SECTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ013-015-261740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1137 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

AT 1130 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PARTS OF TOPEKA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TOPEKA
AREA.

WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NORTHEAST
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER
ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES COULD
FALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ013-015-261800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1158 AM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

AT 1153 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST
TOPEKA AT 1130 AM...HAD DISSIPATED.

WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NORTHEAST
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER
ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES COULD
FALL IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
156 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

AT 155 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE
FORMING RAPIDLY FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLEN ELDER
RESERVOIR TO 60 WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR OSBORNE TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HAYS.  MOVEMENT SHOULD BE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO SOME PARTS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ013>015-262300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
459 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS VALID OVERNIGHT.

AT 450 PM CDT INTENSE STORMS CONTAINING SMALL HAIL, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA ON THE JACKSON
ATCHISON COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WERE 5 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MANHATTAN IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

IN GENERAL THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A 35 MILE WIDE
BAND FROM ST JOSEPH MISSOUI TO MANHATTAN.

THE OVERALL AREA HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE
RESULT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN FALLING ONTO NEARLY SATURATED SOIL SOIL. SOME
AREAS HAVE SEEN AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR FROM THESE STORMS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
IT IS LIKELY THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
OVERNIGHT.

REPEATING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE
VALID IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AT THIS TIME.

HEATHFIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell59 min
Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic57 min
Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell57 min
Jun 26, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison, Brown69 min
Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa57 min
Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell, Osborne, Russell66 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Washington62 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison35 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie35 min
Jun 26, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAtchison4 hr
Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson32 min
Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Russell58 min
Jun 26, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie4 hr

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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.