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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 1991Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1991, 12:46 AM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1991, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1991, 4:23 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, May 28, 8:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ001>006-290230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 415 FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF CHEYENNE,
SHERMAN AND WALLACE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND NO FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER TONIGHT.

HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF FAR WESTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 11PM CDT.

KAYS
Special weather statement, May 28, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-290335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
939 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT..

AT 935 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF
KEARNEY IN NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG TO HILL CITY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  THE mLINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD
APPROACH THE SMITH CENTER AREA BY 1030 PM.

KLEYLA
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
KSZ001>006-290400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1011 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 417 IS CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST OF NORTON
TO WEST OF HILL CITY TO SCOTT CITY TO THE COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GARDEN
CITY. THE WATCH CONTINUES ELSWHERE UNTIL 11PM CDT.

KAYS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPSmith54 min
May 28, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne46 min
May 29, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton, Russell66 min
May 29, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRussell52 min
May 29, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne65 min

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.