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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

July 23, 19924 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1992, 9:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1992, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1992, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1910 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 231407
FFWICT
KSC021-037-099-133-231715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
906 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN LABETTE COUNTY
   ...NEOSHO COUNTY
 
AT 900 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE...TO PITTSBURG. RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR OUT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
 
EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY SATURATED THE GROUND AND PUSHED MANY
STREAMS TO BANKFUL...OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  REPORTS OF 2 TO 4 INCH
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE
WARNED AREA.
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
 
HEDGES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion55 min
Jul 23, 7:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCrawford3 hr
Jul 23, 11:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTCrawford4 hr
Jul 23, 11:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase, Marion4 hr
Jul 23, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBourbon4 hr
Jul 23, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery106 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.