Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DICKINSON COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.