Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
PHILLIPSWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne, Russell | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Atchison | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 4 hr |
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.