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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

May 29, 1991Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1991, 7:43 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 1991, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1991, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, KS, 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 29, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-292120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
321 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 320 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR FALUN
AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR INMAN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANY WHERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

KLEYLA

Special weather statement, May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours before

KSZ013>016-292200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
342 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN
PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 345 PM NO
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS.

RWC

Special weather statement, May 29, 4:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-292230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
425 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 425 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 30 MILES WEAT OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH
20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

LLS

Special weather statement, May 29, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

KSZ013>016-292300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN
PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 445 PM NO
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH
AREA.

KAYS

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

KSZ013>016-300000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
550 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN
PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 545 PM NO
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH
ARqEA.

KAYS

Special weather statement, May 29, 6:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	60 min
May 29, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Smith	63 min
May 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Ottawa	64 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Saline	31 min
May 29, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Clay, Washington	44 min
May 29, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Saline	45 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.