Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1990, 7:10 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1990, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCNK 280010
FFWCNK
KSC143-280215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
710 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
SOUTHERN OTTAWA
AT J705 PM CDT FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY THE OTTAWA COUNTY
SHERIFF IN THE TESCOTT AREA. TESCOTT HAD 2.90 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 6 PM CDT.
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 AWAY FROM AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO FLOODING LIKE SMALL STREAMS..LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.
GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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 27, 5:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 505 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 AT 5 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATE`D 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA JUST SOUTH OF KANOPOLIS...15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SALINA JUST WEST OF LINDSBORG...AND 20 MILES SOUTH JUST NORTH OF MCPHERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 527 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 AT 527 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA FROM NEAR MARQUETTE TO KANOPOLIS LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL NEAR SALINA AREA BY 630 PM CDT. MP
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ013>016-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 627 PM CDT THU JUL 26 1990 AT 620PM CDT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY CITY IN WESTERN CLAY AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND IF CONTINUING THEIR CURRENT STRENGTH, WILL POSE A THREAT OF HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES UNTIL 730PM CDT. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS POSED A THREAT TO NORTHEAST OR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AT 620PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY? CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE MID 70S BY MIDNIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 70. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS, SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:28 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ013>016-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 627 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 AT 620PM CDT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY CITY IN WESTERN CLAY AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND IF CONTINUING THEIR CURRENT STRENGTH, WILL POSE A THREAT OF HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES UNTIL 730PM CDT. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS POSED A THREAT TO NORTHEAST OR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AT 620PM CDT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL LICKELY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE MID 70S BY MIDNIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 70. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS, SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 59 min |
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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.