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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

July 1, 1989Barton County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1989, 3:28 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1989, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1989, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barton 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 699 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 010828
FFWCNK
KSC009-011030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
328 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      BARTON

AT 327 AM MANY STREETS WERE FLOODING IN AND AROUND GREAT BEND.
STREETS ON WEST SIDE OF CITY REPORTED TO DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH.
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED ATLEAST THROUGH 5 AM.

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 SMALL STREAMS..LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.
GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR FLOOD PRONE
AREAS GO IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.

ADAMS/ES

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, Jul 1, 12:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TIMES FIRST AND LAST LINE FIRST PARA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1245 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

AT 1235 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 15 MILES NORTH OF SMITH CENTER.  OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA
JUST WEST OF ASH GROVE AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 15 MILES NORTH
WEST OF RUSSELL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH AND WELL MOVE INTO THE RUSSELL..WILSON AND SMITH CENTER AREAS
BY 1 AM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDER/
STORMS PASS OVER AREAS THAT RECIEVED HEAVY RAINS ON FRIDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS OVERNIGHT...ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS INEF FECT UNTIL 3 AM
THIS SATURDAY MORNING.
PETERSEN
Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
128 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

REPORTS FOR FRI JUN 30.  TIMES CDT.

230 PM    3/4 INCH HAIL AT CEDAR...SMITH COUNTY
330 PM    GOLF BALL HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED TO 80 MPH AT ALTON...OSBORNE
433 PM    GOLD BALL HAIL 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF COVERT...OSBORNE
445 PM    3/4 INCH HAIL AT WALDO...RUSSELL
516 PM    GOLF BALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS 5 NORTH OF RUSSELL...RUSSELL
530 PM    GOLF BALL HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED OVER 80 MPH NEAR RUSSELL
615 PM    GOLF BALL HAIL AND 70 MPH WINDS...NORTHERN BARTON
620 PM    GOLF BALL AND WINDS TO 70 MPH IN THE BURR OAK AREA...JEWELL
718 PM    11/2 INCH HAIL AT BURROAK.  ALSO RAINFALL OF 3.90 IN LESS
          THAN TWO HOURS...JEWELL
835 PM    WINDS 60 TO 65 MPH..6 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...MITCHELL
905 PM    3/4 INCH HAIL AT SOLOMON RAPIDS...MITCHELL
905 PM    STELL SHED DEMOLISHED 5 WEST OF BELOIT...MITCHELL

910 PM    1 TO 11/4 INCH HAIL AT COVERT...OS~BORNE
910 PM    WINDS 70 TO 80 MPH WITH HAIL AT DOWNS...OSBORNE
1040 PM   WINDS TO 60 MPH NEAR SYLVAN GROVE...LINCOLN

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
150 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

AT 1 50 AM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 40 MILES NORTH
WEST OF SALINA OR 5 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...25 MILES EAST OF HAYS OR
10 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL AND SEVERAL IN THE HAYS AREA.  ALSO 65 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
NUMEROUS OTHER STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS WERE PRODUCING
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDER/
STORMS PASS OVER AREAS THAT RECIEVED HEAVY RAINS ON FRIDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS OVERNIGHT.  PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM FOR SMITH...OSBORNE
...JEWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND
FOR ELLSWORTH...RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS.

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
210 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL KANSAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ARE POSSIBLE
AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINS THE LAST 6 TO 8 HOURS.

ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:44 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
242 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRENGTHENING IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY.

AT 240 AM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON /15 MILES
NORTHWEST TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE/.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHSOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ANDA WILL PRODUCE VERY
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
ES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:16 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
315 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS THAT WERE IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IN WASH-
INGTON COUNTY HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

AT 313 AM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
BEATRICE AND JUST NORTH OF BEATRICE. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A MORE NORTH-
EAST MOVEMENT NEAR 15 MPH.

SOME HEAVY wRAINS CONTINUED OVER MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA
TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA.
ES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell55 min
Jun 30, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJewell119 min
Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell68 min
Jun 30, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith67 min
Jun 30, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell32 min
Jun 30, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Russell67 min
Jul 1, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie3 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.