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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

June 7, 1990Brown County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 4:14 AM CDT for Brown County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1990, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1990, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Brown 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1179 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 070914
FFWTOP
KSC013-071215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
414 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
          ...EASTERN BROWN
 
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EASTERN BROWN COUNTY AND MOVING ONLY
SLOWLY TO THE NORTH SINCE 2 AM CDT. HEAVY RAINS WERE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
 
PERSONS ALONG WOLF CREEK AND THE TOWN OF ROBINSON...ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HIAWATHA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
THIS STORM HAS ALSO PRODUCE SOME HAIL.
 
 
 
 
MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.
 
FRANTZ

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, Jun 6, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ013>016-070510-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1115 PM CDT WED JUN 6 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURDAY MORNING...

AT 1110 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
ALONG A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA OVER
CLINTON LAKE EAST ACROSS LAWRENCE AND OLATHE AND ON EAST INTO MISSOURI.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR OLATHE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WERE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHEAST OF OTTAWA AT
1040 PM RAPIDLY DISSIPATED BY 11 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE
STREAMS GOR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HEAVY RAINS IN
THEIR AREAS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. IF HEAVY RAINS FALL FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ013>016-070615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1215 PM CDT WED JUN 6 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURDAY MORNING...

AT 1210 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG
A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF
TOPEKA TO 15 MILES NORTHEASTOF TOPEKA NEAR OSKALOOSA AND ON EAST
ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM IN NORTHEAST
KANSAS WAS NEAR OSKALOOSA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...BUT
ALSO GRADUALLY SPREADING NORTH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER NORTHEAST
KANSAS AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE
STREAMS OR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HEAVY RAINS IN
THEIR AREAS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. IF HEAVY RAINS FALL FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ013>016-070705-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
105 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 4 AM CDT...

AT 100 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW MODERATE INTENSITY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND 10 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE THAT
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA
TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA AND ON EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN
KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. A MODERATE INTENSITY THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST
OF OSKALOOSA OVER NORTHERN PERRY LAKE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS
TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS OR IN POOR D;RAINAGE AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO HEAVY RAINS IN THEIR AREA. BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY...PROLONGED RAINS OCCUR.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ013>016-070800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
150 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

...KANSAS PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 NO LONGER IN
EFFECT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 404 IN NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER KANSAS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 145 AM...MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER.

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS ALTHOUGH A FEW MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AND HOUR..SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
KSZ013>016-070815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
213 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

AT 208 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND
10 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MARYSVILLE...TO HORTON AND ON EAST INTO MISSOURI. HORTON IS SOME 35
MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
OR OVER HORTON...10 MILES SOUTH OF MARYSVILLE...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VALLEY FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND
10 MILES AN HOUR.

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ013>016-070910-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
310 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990

AT 305 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR OR JUST A FEW MILES NORTHEAST OF HORTON.
THESE STORMS WER LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS
OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY
SOME PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF SCATTERED LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...ACROSS
MARYSVILLE TO NEAR HORTON AND ON EAST TO NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI.
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS SHIFTNG NORTH AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN
EASTERN BROWN COUNTY SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS IN
THEIR AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER [GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.

BILLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha53 min
Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall35 min
Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee28 min
Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Shawnee65 min
Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage50 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon27 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.