Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1992, 1:03 AM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1992, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1992, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harper County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 140605 FFWICT KSC077-140700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 103 AM CDT THU MAY 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARPER COUNTY AT 1 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED 45 TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAD BEEN REPORTED NEAR ATTICA AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN ATTICA AND HARPER. SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO RISE RAPIDLY AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY HIGH WATER AREAS. WE CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE DANGER OF TRYING TO DRIVE ACROSS HIGH WATER AREAS...PARICULARLY IN THE DARK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIbES EXPIRED AT 1 AM. THEY MAY REQUIRE REISSUANCE AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. WILSON
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
Local storm report, May 14, 12:48 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1248 AM CDT THU APR 14 1992
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY APR 13 AND THURSDAY APR 14 1992...
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
2317 HARPER HAIL 11/2 INCHES IN DIAMTER NEAR
CRISFIELD
2318 HARPER HAIL 13/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER NEAR
ATTICA
2333 HARPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF ANTHONY
2351 HARPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL EAST OF ATTICA
0002 SUMNER PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
IN OXFORD
WILSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| May 14, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 66 min |
| May 14, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 57 min |
| May 14, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 44 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.