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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS

July 20, 1992Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1992, 2:26 AM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1992, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1992, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1992-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1992-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
226 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 225 AM CDT THE RUSSELL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER
WATER WITH HEAVY RAINS STILL FALLING. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF RUSSELL AND NORTHERN BARTON COUNTIES AND
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
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.
 
PACKETT

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, 11:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
946 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992

...FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS SEEM TO BE SLOWLY DECREASING
IN INTENSITY AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER RECENTLY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY IN
NORTHERN GEARY COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST BETWEEN
945 AND 1030 PM...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF GEARY
COUNTY.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THESE STORMS
COULD REACH NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER TONIGHT..GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FELDT
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1204 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992

AT 1150 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATE 25
MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SENECA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..SOME SMALL HAIL
...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD BE NEAR
SENECA BY 1 AM.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION CITY AND
COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30
MILES WEST OF ST JOESPH MO NEAR SABETHA TO TOPEKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
JUNCTION CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1220 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992

AT 1215 AM CDT...A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO PHILLIPSBURG.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER
AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA JUST EAST OF AGENDA.  TORRENTIAL RAINS...
WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS
THEY MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME AREAS HAVE REPORTED
MINOR FLOODING.  WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION...FLOODING COULD BECOME A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.  PERSONS IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1249 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992

AT 1245 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTH OF I-70
WAS COVERED BY RAIN. WITHIN THIS AREA OF RAIN WERE SOME THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COULD PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WERE LOCATED 60
MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA NEAR SABETHA...35 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA OR 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLTON AND 10 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY.

THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:36 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-200730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
133 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL
NOT BE REISSUED AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...

AT 130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE FROM 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA SOUTHWEST TO 30 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GREAT BEND TO 15 MILES EAST OF HAYS. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME AREAS HAVE REPORTED
MINOR FLOODING.  WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION...FLOODING COULD BECOME A4 WIDESPREAD PROBLEM.  PERSONS IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:05 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-200810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
205 AM CDT MON JUL 20 1992

...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST
   KANSAS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER...

AT 155 AM...RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR
ATCHISON THROUGH TOPEKA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA OR NEAR COUNCIL
GROVE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOPEKA NEAR SILVER LAKE AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN SOUTHERN
WABAUNSEE COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY NEAR CROSS CREEK AND
SOLDIER CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AS BOTH CREEKS ARE
LIKELY RUNNING HIGH AT THE PRESENT TIME. PERSONS TRAVELING TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE WATER COVERING SOME ROADWAYS.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

BARLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud41 min
Jul 19, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee3 hr
Jul 19, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley40 min
Jul 19, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley2 hr
Jul 19, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary3 hr
Jul 20, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Washington6 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.