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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS

June 12, 1991Dickinson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1991, 8:36 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1991, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1991, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Dickinson County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1296 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 130140 COR
FFWCNK
KSC041-130445-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED 1ST PARAGRAPH
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
839 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...DICKINSON COUNTY

AT 833 PM THE ABILENE SHERIFF REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING WEST
AND NORTH OF ABILENE WITH HIGHWAY 40...5 MILES WEST OF ABILENE UNDER
WATER. ALSO NUMEROUS CREEKS ARE FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN PARTS OF DICKINSON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!!

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DICKINSON COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTODMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL
ONE... ON FOOT.

KLEYLA

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, Jun 12, 4:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-122230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
425 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 420 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES
EAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA
NEAR ABILENE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED 15 NORTHEAST OF
CONCORDIA NEAR AGENDA, AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WEBBER.

BOATERS IN THE LOVEWELL AND MILFORD LAKE AREAS SHOULDy GET TO SHORE DUE TO
THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SW
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ013-014-132300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
5 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST
OF TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTEN.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE CELLS MAY AFFECT THE RESERVOIR BETWEEN 5PM AND
6PM ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS.  BOATERS ON THE WATER AND
CAMPERS AROUND THE TUTTLE CREEK AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE ONSET
OF GUSTY WINDS AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY SHOWERS.

KML..2200Z
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-122330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
527 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

AT 520 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LOCATED 10 MILES EAST
OF SALINA, 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA, 30 MILES EAST OF SALINA NEAR
ENTERPRISE AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WAKEFIELD.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CONCORDIA NEAR CUBA AND 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR BURR OAK
AND WERE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT OF ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

BOATERS IN ;THE LOVEWELL AND MILFORD LAKE AREAS SHOULD GET TO SHORE DUE TO
THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SW
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-130030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
624 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM
30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR LONGFORD SOUTH TO 20 MILES EAST OF
SALINA NEAR ABLIENE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAINS,GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED FROM NEAR SALINA SOUTHEAST TO 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR ELMO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO
TO 35 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR HEBRON NEBRASKA. ALL OF THESE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. BOATERS IN THE LOVEWELL AND MILFORD
LAKE AREAS SHOULD GET TO SHORE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SW
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
726 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 20 MILES WIDE
BAND EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTH
OF SALINA NEAR HALLVILLE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HALLVILLE,20 MILES EAST OF SALINA
AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR TALMADGE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS,GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAoS
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

SW
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ013>016-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
728 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1991

A NARROW BUT PERSISTANT BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE
SALINA VICINITY TO JUST NORTH OF JUNCTION CITY AND MANHATTAN AROUND
7 PM THIS EVENING.

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE AND CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS.   THE MILFORD RESERVOIR AREA JUST NORTH
OF JUNCTION CITY HAS LIKELY RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

BESIDES CONTAINING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THE STORMS COULD HAVE GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH BUT WERE
DISSIPATING ON THE NORHTERN END THEN REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH.  SOME
SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES
NEAR MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY THIS EVENING.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID
CROSSING WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.  OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM
AREAS EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLOWLY INTO THE 70S DURING THE
EVENING.

AFTER MIDNIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED OVER NORqTHEAST KANSAS.
IT WILL BE WARM AND STICKY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS FALLING TO ONLY AROUND
70 DEGREES.

EXCEPT NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...A SOUTHERLY WIND OF
5 TO 10 MPH IS EXPECTED.

FRANTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson68 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.