Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1989, 7:31 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1989, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- 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 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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
731 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
JEWELL
AT 725 PM CDT...NEARLY 4 INCHES /3.90/ FELL AT BURR OAK /40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA/ IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. THESE RAINS ARE
SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY RESULT FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO FLOODING LIKE SMALL STREAMS..LOW LYING AR)EAS AND UNDERPASSES.
GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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 30, 3:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
KSZ013>015-302145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 245 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1989 AT 340 PM AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT RILEY JUST TO NORTHEAST OF JUNTION CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEASTERN GEARY AND SOUTHEAST RILEY COUNTIES TIL AROUND 430 PM. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF MARYSVILLE AND ALSO ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA EAST OF BURLINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR MARYSVILLE ACROSS MANHATTAN TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ013>016-302230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BOILED UP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF TOPEKA...AND IN THE TOPEKA VICINITY. THE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND THUS WILL DROP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE A@REAS WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ013>016-302320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 521 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 520PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF TOPEKA FROM WESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA AND ALSO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY AND THUS WILL CAUSE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ013>016-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS LINGERED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHORTLY BEFORE 6PM THIS EVENING. ONE STRONG STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF TOPEKA IN NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY...WHILE ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS STILL IN SOUTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY. A THIRD STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE. A WIND GUST TO 47 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES WERE REPORTED FROM SOUTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY AROUND 520PM. HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS QUICKLY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EF9FECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND STREAMS AND CREEKS. . AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ013>016-010010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 615 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 AT 612PM PEA SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS OCCURING AT NATIONAL WEAiTHER SRVICE OFFICE IN TOPEKA. SLIGHTLY OVER 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THIS STORMS IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST..AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST DOUGLASS COUNTY AROUND 630PM-645 PM. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ013>016-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 700 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SINCE 630PM. AT 7 O CLOCK A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY...WHILE OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE 30 MILES NORTH AND ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL FELL AT BILLARD AIRPORT IN TOPEKA AND WINDS TO 47 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SOUTH- WEST SHAWNEE COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES HIGH OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHTT. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
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.