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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 1992Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1992, 7:35 PM CDT for Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1992, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Neosho County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
1219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 100037
FFWICT
KSC133-100330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...NEOSHO COUNTY
 
AT 729 PM CDT...NEOSHO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS REPORTED NUMEROUS
ROADS FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. REPORTS
UP TO 3.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 45 MINUTE PERIOD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SEEK HIGHER GROUND!
 
 
 
 
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.
 
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, Jun 9, 1:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-092100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
156 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WICHITA...HUTCHINSON...AND ARKANSAS
CITY.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY
SATURATED FROM THE STORMS OF THE PAST WEEK. HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN
SUBSTANTIAL RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBlILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTGreenwood3 hr
Jun 10, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTReno3 hr
Jun 10, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick4 hr

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.