Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1990, 1:24 AM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1990, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1990, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellsworth 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCNK 260624
FFWCNK
KSC053-260830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
124 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
NORTHERN ELLSWORTH
AT 120 AM CDT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURING ALONG THE SMOKY HILL
RIVER IN NORTHERN ELLSWORTH. NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
OF STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN THE EFFECTED AREAS HOWEVER RUNOFF
FROM HEAVY RAINS UPSTREAM WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS AND LOW AREAS. BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND DON/T TRY TO CROSS
WATER RUSHING OVER ROADS AND STREETS.
FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY RESULT FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STAY AWA;Y FROM AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO FLOODING LIKE SMALL STREAMS..LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.
GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
URBANWhat 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, Jul 25, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1140 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 1130 PM CDT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS STRETCHED FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER AROUND 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR SENECA TO AROUND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ST MARYS TO AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN SOUTHWEST MORRIS COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAINS GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE NOTED NEAR ST MARYS...AND ALSO NEAR ALMA AS WELL AS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNCIL GROVE RESERVOIR. ALL THE RAIN HAD SLOWED ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION TO AROUND 10 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WOULD PLACE THE LEADING EDGE FROM NEAR SABETHA TO NORTHWEST SHAWNEE COUNTY AROUND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO AROUND 25 MILES NORTH- WEST OF EMPORIA IN EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY BY 1230PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE TOPEKA AREA BETWEEN 1230 AND 1AM CDT. + 4TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS WILL BE NEAR 70 WITH WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1155 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSSELL AND NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS IS NOW CANCELLED. THE RUSSELL SHERIFF REPORTS ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY ARE OPEN. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS HOWEVER ARE BANKFULL WITH SOME LOW LAND FLOODING. THE WATER IS RECEDING ACROSS NORTHEAST RUSSELL COUNTY. QLINCOLN COUNTY REPORTS NO FLOODING. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1159 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 IN HAIL WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR GALATIA AT 1155 PM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND..20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND AND JUST SOUTH OF SALINA. AT 1155 PM CDT THE SALINA POLICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SALINA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OuFF AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:49 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1248 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 1235 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 65 MILES OF TOPEKA NEAR SABETHA TO NEAR TOPEKA TO 10 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA. MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON TO10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ROSSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH ATCHISON AND LAWRENCE BETWEEN 130 AND 230 AM THIS MORNING. . TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS WILL BE NEAR 70 WITH WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:55 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1248 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 1235 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 65 NORTH MILES OF TOPEKA NEAR SABETHA TO NEAR TOPEKA TO 10 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR HOLTON TO10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ROSSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH ATCHISON AND LAWRENCE BETWEEN 130 AND 230 AM THIS MORNING. TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. LOWS WILL BE NEAR 70 WITH WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH EXCEPT VARIABLE AND GUSTY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:00 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT 1 AM...HOWERVER AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES NORTH OF GREAT BEND WAS CAUSING MINOR SGREET FLOODING IN HOISINGTON AND WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 281 5 WEST AND 4 NORTH OF HOISINGTON. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER THE ROAD IN A FEW PLACES ALONG 140 BETWEEN WILSON AND ELLSWORTH. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO GREAR BEND AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREAR BEND TO MCPHERSON TO TOPEKA. GHE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO TH EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa, Saline | 3 hr |
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.