Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 1:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 25, 11:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 317 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 200 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON TIL 145 AM. AT 1130 PM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SALINA TO KANSAS CITY. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN EUREKA AND PARSONS...JUST SOUTH OF WELLINGTON...OVER NEWTON...AND JUST NORTHWEST OF MARION. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MOST WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS IN WILSON AND NEOSHO COUNTIES HAVE MOVED VERY LITTLE AND CONTINUE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES TIL 145 AM. STEADHAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1220 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 400 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON TIL 145 AM. AT 1210 AM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILVERDALE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE. AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE THE ONLY REPORTS FROM THESE STORMS. UPDATES WILL CONTINUE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...EXCEPT A FEW LINGERING OVER WILSON AND NEOSHO COUNTIES...SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. LEIVERS STEADHAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1240 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 400 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON TIL 145 AM. AT 1230 AM CDT NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SALINA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE. AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE THE ONLY REPORTDS FROM THESE STORMS. UPDATES WILL CONTINUE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...EXCEPT A FEW LINGERING STORMS OVER WILSON AND NEOSHO COUNTIES...SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. LEIVERS STEADHAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:01 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1258 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 400 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON TIL 145 AM. AT 1250 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FT. RILEY TO 10 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA TO 25 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO 25 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. AT THIS TIME...ONLY SMALL HAIL... SOME HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY SHOWED SHOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT AT ABOUT 20 MPH. DUE TO THE PERSISTENCE OF THESE STORMS OVER NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES ...FLASH FLOODING IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY AND PERSONS LIVING IN THOSE COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING DEVELOPMENTS. UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED ON A CONTINUING BASIS AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS. LEIVERS STEApDHAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:43 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-260730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 140 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 320 CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 400 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON UNTIL 345 AM. AT 130 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO CHANUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 100 AM...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE ASSOCIATED AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. REPORTS FROM NEOSHO COUNTY INDICATE SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING...AND FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. PERSONS LIVING IN NEOSHO...WILSON AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP AWARE TO THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. WICHITA WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. LEIVERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 4 hr |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 48 min |
| May 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 69 min |
| May 25, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 26, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 4 hr |
| May 26, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 58 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 3 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.