Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
FRANTZWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Shawnee | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 27 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.