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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Topeka, KS

June 10, 1990Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1990, 12:20 PM CDT for Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 100 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1990, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Coffey 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-479 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 101704
FFWTOP
KSC031-101900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1203 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
          ...COFFEY
 
AT NOON...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
OVER COFFEY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY. RAINFALLS OF OVER 2 INCHES HAVE LIKELY FALLEN OVER
NORTHERN COFFEY COUNTY SINCE 9 AM...AND WITH HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS OF
TYHE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKEY CONTINUE ACROSS COFFEY COUNTY UNTIL
1 PM CDT.
 
COFFEY COUNTY IS APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA.
 
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  STREAMS,
RIVERS, AND CREEKS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS
SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING
RAINS.
 
BILLS

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 10, 8:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ013>016-101500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
850 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...

THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARYSVILLE
TO WAMEGO...ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA TO ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
EMPORIA ABOUT 8:40 THIS MORNING.

HEAVY RAINS WERE POSSIBLE REPORTED AT ALMA ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
TOPEKA BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT AROUND 840 THIS MORNING.

THE LINE WAS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE
LEADING EDGE.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS.

THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS
WOULD BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS ON A LINE FROM SENECA...ABOUT 70 MILES
NORTH TO TOPEKA...THROUGH TOPEKA TO JUST WEST OF OTTAWA...ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA BETWEEN 9:15 AND 9:30 THIS MORNING.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ013>016-101500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARAGPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
850 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...

THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MARYSVILLE
TO WAMEGO...ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA TO ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
EMPORIA ABOUT 8:40 THIS MORNING.

HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED AT ALMA ABOUT 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
TOPEKA BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT AROUND 840 THIS MORNING.

THE LINE WAS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE
LEADING EDGE.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS.

THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS
WOULD BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS ON A LINE FROM SENECA...ABOUT 70 MILES
NORTH TO TOPEKA...THROUGH TOPEKA TO JUST WEST OF OTTAWA...ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA BETWEEN 9:15 AND 9:30 THIS MORNING.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-101500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
908 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTAL KANSAS...AT 905 AM RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDER/
STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 60 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA TO 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN TO
WICHITA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

RADAR SHOWED THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM AREA
LEAVING THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE TO BE FROM SOUTHWEST OF HUTCH/
INSON TO SALINA TO CLIFTON TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA.

THERE WERE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN AN AREA
50 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HILL CITY TO NEAR KEARNEY
NEBRASKA.  THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WERE
EXPECTED TO DISSAPATE 10 AM.
PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ013>016-101600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
945 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...

AT ABOUT 930 THIS MORNING THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR SENECA...ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...TO THE
TOPEKA VICINITY...TO EAST OF BURLINGTON...ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF
TOPEKA.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LEADING EDGE.  NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORMS.

THE AREA WAS ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE WITH MUCH OF THE TRAILING PORTION
IN LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT ABO
UT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-101630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1028 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

AT 1025 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR WALDO TO ELLSWORTH.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WLLL PUSH THROUGH THE LINCOLN
...HUNTER AND BEVERLY COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
BY 1130 AM.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 5 MILES
NORTH OF OSBORNE AND WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

A RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS IN EASTERN KANSAS..THE WESTERN EDGE
OF THIS AJREA EXTRENDED FROM WICHITA TO JUNCTION CITY TO MARYSVILLE
AND ON INTO NEBRASKA WEST OF LINCOLN. THIS AREA WAS ALSO MOVING TO
THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.
PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:39 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-101635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1137 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 1990

AT 1135 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FRW THUNDER/
STORMS IN AN AREA 30 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.  THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS
AREA WERE MOVING INTO THE BELOIT AREA AT 1130.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE ALSO LOCATED NEAR SALINA AND
15 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO.   THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE RAIN AREA WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BELLEVILLE...CONCORDIA
ABILENNE AREAS BY 1230 PM

A RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS IN EASTERN KANSAS..THE WESTERN EDGE
OF THIS AREA EXTRENDED FROM EL DORADO TO MANHATTAN TO MARYSVILLE.
PETERSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsage3 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.