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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS

November 10, 1992Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 10, 1992, 12:49 AM CST for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1992, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1992, 2:42 AM CST
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1992-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 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 KICT 100654
FFWICT
KSC115-101000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1249 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 1250 AM CDT...MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS REPORT WATER ONE
FOOT OVER ROADS IN GOESSEL. CREEKS IN MARION COUNTY ARE REPORTED TO BE
BANKFULLL DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE COUNTY EARLIER
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL ENTER
MARION COUNTY BY 115 AM...WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN HILLSBORO...GOESSEL...AND LEHIGH...SHOULD BE READY TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER LEVELS RISE.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS!
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BEF TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.
 
 
HYSELL

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, Nov 9, 10:19 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1018 PM CST MON NOV 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1012 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR
WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EMPORIA...TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  PERSONS IN ROSALIA
...AND TETERVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THEY PASS.

ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN A 5 MILE WIDE BAND
EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA...TO 25 MILES EAST OF PRATT.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.  IF YOU LIVE IN BURRTON OR
HESSTON MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT AGAINST LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS.

THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
ON THESE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 10:37 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100535-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1036 PM CST MON NOV 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1030 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED TWO BANDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
THE FIRST AREA WAS 10 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALINA...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN HAVEN...HALSTEAD...AND HESSTON ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS END.

THE SECOND AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING
FROM 25 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA...TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO LIKELY TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN EL DORADO AND TETERVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND
SHOULD ALSO MOVE INDOORS.

ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS RACING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 11:13 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100605-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1112 PM CST MON NOV 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1105 PM CST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...25 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED
FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...WHICH COULD
FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF YOU LIVE IN MARION...GOESSEL..OR BURRTON...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THESE
STORMS PASS. MOVEMENT WAS QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
...AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF RENO COUNTY BY 1135 PM.  BEFORE THEY LEAVE...
HOWEVER...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS.
ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA
EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF WICHITA...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OTTAWA.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

PERSON IN MADISON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS AREA OF STORMS WHICH ALSO WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS BATCH OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT BUTLER COUNTY BY 1130 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LASTEST INFORMATION.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
11439PM CST MON NOV 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1125 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 60 MILES WIDE
AND EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...TO NEAR OTTAWA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM JUST
EAST OF HUTCHINSON...TO NEAR HILLSBORO.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE
PAST COUPLE OF HOUR OVER EASTERN RENO...NORTHWEST HARVEY...AND SOUTHWEST
MARION COUNTIES.  PERONS IN THIS AREA INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BUHLER...HESSTON
...AND GOESSEL SHOULD WATCH OF FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS OF AREAS WITH
POOR DRAINAGE.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD THAT IS WATER COVERED...DO NOT
ATTEMPT...TO CROSS IT.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FROM 15 MILES EAST OF ARKASNAS CITY...TO 20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 12:12 AM CST, 37 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100705-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1211 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1992

...VERY HEAVY RAINS FINALLY SUBSIDING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1200 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 1130 PM...BUT STILL ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND 35 MILES AN
HOUR WINDS.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HARVEY COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN GOESSEL
OR BURRTON...BEWARE OF PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS!

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ARKANSAS CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE.

ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

KE(EP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 12:41 AM CST, 8 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-100745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1241 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 1231 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON...INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS NEAR TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON...20 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA...
NEAR COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR PEABODY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR INTENSITY SINCE 1130 PM.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.
PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATERS. REMEMBER...
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. USE CAUTION NEAR ANY SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TURNER

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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.