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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 14, 1992Harper County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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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

WILSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper45 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sedgwick, Sumner60 min
May 14, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley66 min
May 14, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper57 min
May 14, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.