Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1989, 6:32 PM CDT for Jackson County, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1989, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KS, Pottawatomie 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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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TTAA00 KTOP 262332
FFWTOP
KSC085-149-270330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
632 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...JACKSON...POTTAWATOMIE
A STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANHATTAN TO ATCHISON (15
MILES NORTH OF LEAVENWORTH) HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES. WITH
THE EXPECTED CONTINUATION OF RAINFALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...A
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
MCNULTYWhat 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, 1:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 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, 1 hour 32 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ007-010-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 606 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540... ...NORTH CENTRAL... PHILLIPS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC ROOKS OSBORNE MITCHELL REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 WHICH GOES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...NORTH CENTRAL... CLAY CLOUD OTTAWA WASHINGTON ...NORTHEAST... ATCHISON BROWN JACKSON JEFFERSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY ...CENTRAL... BARTON DICKINSON ELLIS ELLSWORTH LINCOLN MARION MCPHERSON RICE RUSH RUSSELL SALINE ...EAST CENTRAL... CHASE DOUGLAS FRANKLIN GEARY LYON MORRIS OSAGE SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... PAWNEE STAFFORD SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ATCHISON CONCORDIA EMPORIA GREAT BEND HAYS JUNCTION CITY LAWRENCE MANHATTAN MCPHERSON OTTAWA RUSSELL SALINA TOPEKA BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:14 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ013>015-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 615 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 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 22 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR HERINGTON...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN JUST NORTHWEST OF ALMA...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO LEAVENWORTH. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR ONAGA...TO 10 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSES A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CON- TINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...A FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO POTTAWATOMIE...JACKSON...NORTHERN SHAWNEE...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANHATTAN SOUTHWESTWARD HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MORRIS AND WABAUNSEE COUNTIES BETWEEN 615 PM AND 700 PM THIS EVENING. MCNULTY
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, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| 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 |
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.