Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1247 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

AT 1240 THIS MORNING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LAY ALONG AND 30 MILES
WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCE NEAR ATCHISON TO
OTTAWA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA.
THESE STORMS WERE QUITE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS...AND OF COURSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THIS LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH
LEAVENWORTH...KANSAS CITY AND GARNETT BY 130.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PREDICTED TO SLIDE EAST OF TOPEKA AND EMPORIA BY 130.

ANOTHER NARROW BAND OF STORMS LAY FROM JUST SOUTH OF ABILENE
THROUGH JUNCTION CITY TO MANHATTAN.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO LIKELY
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  THIS
BATCH OF STORMS WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
120 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELLSWORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 120AM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF SALINA THAT
HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. THIS THUNDERSTORM STILL
CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD STILL CREATE SOME LOW LAND
FLOODING. IT CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH AT 10 MPH.

JF

KSZ007-008-010-011-140730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
132 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

AT 130AM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF JUNCTIONN CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...TO
20 MILES WEST OF SALINA. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO AND CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

SOME LOW LAND FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO
THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.

JF

KSZ013-014-015-016-140745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
136 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

AT 130 THIS MORNING A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DROPPING
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ABILENE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN.  PEA SIZE HAIL FELL
INTEMITTENTLY IN JUNCTION CITY BETWEEN 1 AND 130.  A WIND GUST
OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT FORT RILEY
JUST AFTER 1 O'CLOCK. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN
10 MILES AN HOUR...SO HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
SOUTH OF MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY UNTIL AT LEAST 230 THIS MORNING.

ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS REACHED ALONG AND 30 MILES WEST OF A LINE
FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI TO THE WEST EDGE OF KANSAS CITY TO
50 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE NEAR GARNETT.  THESE STORMS WERE ALSO
PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
OF COURSE LOTS OF LIGHTNING.  THE STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD ALL SLIDE OUT OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS...INTO MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY 230 THIS MORNING.

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KSZ007-008-010-011-140800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
222 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

AT 220AM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...TO
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY
WHERE EARLIER TODAY HEAVY RAINS FELL. THE STORMS WERE REMAINING NEARLY
STATIONARY.

THE MAJOR CONCERN OVER THESE STORMS IS THE POSSIBLE FLOODING THEY MAY
CREATE. LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY
BECOME OVERWHELMED BY THE WATER. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY
SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY AND
DO NOT DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.
JF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
243 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 1991

THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 130 AND 230 THIS
MORNING.

AT 235...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES IN DIAMETER WAS 20 MILES
SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...OVER COUNCIL GROVE RESERVOIR.  THESE STORMS
WERE LIKELY DROPPING SOME SMALL HAIL...AND PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS
AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.  THE STORMS CONTINUED TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST AT
LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR...SO SOME SPOTS NEAR COUNCIL GROVE WILL
LIKELY GET AN INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 O'CLOCK.

A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LAY EAST OF A LINE FROM
20 MILES WEST OF ST. JOSEPH, MISWSOURI TO LAWRENCE TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF
TOPEKA AT BURLINGTON.  THE RAIN AREA WAS SLIDING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOU
.WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO END IN LAWRENCE AND OTTAWA BY 330AM.

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