Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1990, 7:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1990, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1990, 10:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Saline 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 261225
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KSC105-169-053-143-261630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
725 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN LINCOLN...SALINE...ELLSWORTH...
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN OTTAWA...
AT 720 AM CDT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA
LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER K-18 IN THE BEVERLY
AREA. K-14 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD NORTH OF ELLSWORTH. THE CITY
OF SALINA REPORTED STREET FLOODING AND WATER OVER OLD HIGHWAY
40 2 MILES WEST OF SALINA. RUN OFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE
MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVER FLOW.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD
STREAMS AND LOW AREAS. BE CAREFUL DRIVING AND DON/T TRY TO CROSNS
WATER RUSHING OVER ROADS AND STREETS.
SCHNEIDERWhat 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 26, 3:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ013>016-260905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 304 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 250 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE ALSO JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA AND OVER MELVERN RESERVOIR OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THESE STRONGE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WITH AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING TOWARD SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 60S. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH EXCEPT VARIABLE IN DIRECTION AND OCCASIONALY GUSTY NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 330 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN ELLSWORTH AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HOWEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN INDICATED 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLENN ELDER AND IN THE DENMARK AND ASH GROVE AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IN CENTRAL KANSAS AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED 10 MILES NORTH OF ELLSWORTH JUST EAST OF WILSON THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HOWEVER AS THE RAIN CONTINUES FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING INTO THE MORNING HOURS. LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE FLOODED. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROTUGH WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. MP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-260930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT....CORRECTION FIRST LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 330 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY AND WILL NOT BE BE REISSUED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS HOWEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN INDICATED 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR GLENN ELDER AND IN THE DENMARK AND ASH GROVE AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IN CENTRAL KANSAS AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED 10 MILES NORTH OF ELLSWORTH JUST EAST OF WILSON THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HOWEVER AS THE RAIN CONTINUES FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING INTO THE MORNING HOURS. LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE FLOODED. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD [USE CAUTION. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. MP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-261040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 442 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ON A SLOW DIMINISHING TREND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 440 AM RADAR SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER TO NEAR STOCKTON TO ELLSWORTH THROUGH SALINA TO EMPORIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...NEAR ASH GROVE AND 5 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS AND NEAR ABILENE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY IN CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL EARLIER TONIGHT. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING AS LOW SPOTS AND UNDERPASSES MAY STLLL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO STANDING WATER. SOME RAIN FALL REPORTS IN AT 440 THIS MORNING SHOW VERY HEAVY RAINS FELL ON THE SALINE RIVER VALLEY IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY OVER/ NIGHT WITH 6 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF VESPER AND 4 INCHES AT SYLVAN GROVE. 6 INCHES WAS ALSO REPORTED AT HUNTER." MP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-261140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 540 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 540 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 35 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...NEAR DOWNS AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPTON. THE THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR MANKATO TO THE GLENN ELDER RESERVOIR BY 630 AM THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IN CENTRAL KANSAS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA. HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND SO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS LIKELY. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT THIS MORNING FOR WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS AS WELL AS STANDING WATER IN UNDERPASSES AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:28 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-261230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 627 AM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 625 AM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF LAKE WACONDA...10 MILES WEST OF BELOIT AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST NORTH IF MANKATO. THE THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF BELLEVILLE AND TO NEAR GLASCO BY 730 AM THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN CENTRAL KANSAS A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH AND WILL MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF KANOPOLIS BY 730 AM. HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND SO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS/CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT THIS MORNING FOR WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS AS WELL AS STANDING WATER IN UNDERPASSES AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. 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, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 2 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.