Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1992, 8:48 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1992, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Riley County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 200150 FFWTOP KSC161-200400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 848 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 LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY COUNTY ...FLOODING IN LIKELY IN THE CITY OF MANHATTAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS REMAINED STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST RILEY COUNTY...CLOSE TO THE CITY OF MAHNATTAN SINCE AROUND 8 PM. 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN MANHATTAN DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT TIME WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG ALL SMALLER CREEKS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF ROADS..LOW SPOTS AND OTHER TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANHATTAN THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM. IF YOU ARE IN MANHATTAN...OR OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST RILEY COUNTY...BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IF OBSERVED. 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 SMALNL 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, 5:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 5 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, 1 hour 2 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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 818 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANHATTAN... AT 820 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORN WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...AND HAIL. BETWEEN 820 AND 9PM...THIS STRONG STORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR MOVING JUST SOUTH OF MANHATTAN.$ FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 829 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 AT 827 PM CDT...A 20 MILES WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST WEST OF JEWELL TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MILTONVALE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST SOUTH OF BELOIT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMA DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. URBAN
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:33 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT LAST SENTENCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 829 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 AT 827 PM CDT...A 20 MILES WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST WEST OF JEWELL TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MILTONVALE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA AND 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST SOUTH OF BELOIT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. URBAN
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, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 40 min |
| 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
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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.