Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 5:58 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bourbon 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 262258
FFWICT
KSC011-270200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
558 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
BOURBON
AT 550 PM RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BOURBON COUNTY.
NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND WILL BE MOVING
OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND DON/T TRY TO
CROSS WATER RUSHING OVER ROADS.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING
WHICH WAS FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH SUNDAY. MINOR
FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AT MARMATON KANSAS IN BOURBON COUNTY.
RANDALLWhat 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 26, 1:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 135 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 130 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE. HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. MOTORIST ARE URGED NOT TO ENTER WATER CROSSING ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR FORT SCOTT TO TORONTO LAKE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA NEAR WELLINGTON. ELAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 235 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6PM FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE... BPURBON...EASTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN MONTOGOMERY COUTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA 10 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE NEAR FREDONIA TO JUST SOUTH OF CHANUTE TO NEAR PITTSBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE FROM JUST EAST OF WICHITA TO PITTSBURG KANSAS. ELAND
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 242 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6PM FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE... BPURBON...EASTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN MONTOGOMERY COUTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 330 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED IN NEAR HAMILTON OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA...NEAR ERIE OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF WICHTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE ON EASTWARDl INTO MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6PM FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE... BPURBON...EASTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN MONTOGOMERY COUTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 425 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE AND NEAR WALNUT OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE NEAR GREAT BEND TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE ON THE K'ANSAS-MISSOURI STATELINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS EFFECTED BY THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 455 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6PM FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE... BOURBON...EASTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 425 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE AND NEAR WALNUT OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE NEAR GREAT BEND TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANUBTE ON THE KANSAS-MISSOURI STATELINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS EFFECTED BY THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:43 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 542 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6PM FOR ALLEN...NEOSHO...LABETTE... BOURBON...EASTERN WILSON AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 530 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED NEAR STRONG OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA...15 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL... AND NEAR GYPSUM OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF RUSSELL TO WICHITA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE ON EASTWARD INTO MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING EXISTS WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS EFFECTED BY THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RANDALL
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 | Allen, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 4 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 |
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.