Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1137 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AT 1135 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA
NEAR MARION TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR MCPHERSON TO 40 MILES
WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLEN ELDER RESERVOIR TO NEAR PHILLIPSBURG.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE
A LOT OF RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  PERSONS LIVING
NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS KEEP ALERT
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TAKE FAST ACTION IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED.

ADAMS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1235 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

AT 1235 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE
IN NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
NEAR HUTCHINSON TO SALINA TO CONCORDIA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF
PHILLIPSBURG.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER SOME OF
THIS AREA DURING THE MORNING.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED.  ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON.  PERSONS IN
THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY THOSXE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LIVING
NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS.  MOTORISTS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS.

ADAMS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
102 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...

AT 1255 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM
JUST SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA AND MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. THESES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
GENERALLY LIGHT IN INTENSITY BUT SOME COULD PUT DOWN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THAT
RECIEVED RAINS THIS MORNING AND LAST NIGHT.

THE RAINS OF LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORING HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND AND
IN SOME CASES BROUGH STREAMS TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE...ANY ADDITIONAL
SIGNIFICANT RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
SHOULD FLOODING BE REPORTED OR FORECAST.

CRANDALL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
355 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.  AT 355 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL WERE ON A LINE FROM
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF CONCORDIA OR 10 SOUTH OF BELOIT TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AND STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS NEARLY ALL
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.  PERSONS
SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS.  SEVERE
WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

ADAMS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
435 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989

AT 435 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PROBABLY SOME HAIL WERE SCATTERED FROM 40
MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA IN THE MANKATO AREA TO 20 MILES SOUTH/
WEST OF CONCORDIA.  ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WITH ABOUT THE SAME
TYPE OF WEATHER WERE LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF HAYS IN THE RUSSELL
AREA.  ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING INTO THE GREAT BEND AREA.

ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS STAY ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS NEARLY ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND WILL GIVE A LOT OF RUNOFF WITHIN A FEW MINUTES.
SO PER,SONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS
STAY ALERT.

ADAMS