Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 200727 FFWCNK KSC009-167-201330- 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.
| 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, 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 |
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.