Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1992, 8:04 PM CDT for Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1992, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 3063 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 200106 FFWTOP KSC177-085-200500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 804 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS REMAINED IN THIS AREA SINCE AROUND 7 PM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. A REPORT OF 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT DELIA IN SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY. FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW SPOTS AND CREEKS IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. CROSS CREEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF DELIA AND ROSSVILLE SHOULD BE RISING RAPIDLY AND WILL FLOOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED IN THIS AREA AS OF 805 PM...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AT LEAST THROUGH 9 PM. 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. FELDT
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, Jul 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 428 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 425 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF HAYS NEAR VICTOR AND THE OTHER 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS SO PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 545 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED... AT 545 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN OSBORNE..LINCOLN AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTH OF RUSSEL OR NEAR NATOMA WHICH HAD REPORTS OF 60- 70 MPH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE OTHER STORMS WERE NEAR BELOIT. WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE ST$ORMS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 643 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 635 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE HAIL ...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ALMA VICINITY BY 730 PM. OTHER THUNDERTORMS DEVELOPED 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...NEAR HOLTON AND NEAR SENECA.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 746 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI ACROSS HOLTON AND VALLEY FALLS TO THE ROSSVILLE/SILVER LAKE/ST MARYS AREA THEN WEST TO WAMEGO AND MANHATTAN. MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BETWEEN 745 AND 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF ATCHINSON...JEFFERSON...JACKSON...NORTH SHAWNEE...WABAUNSEE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA...KEEP ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF OUTSIDE...TRY TO STAY CLOSE TO SHELTER. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO SAG SOUTH INTO TOPEKA AFTER 830 PM. FELDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton, Russell | 6 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.