Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1992, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 230343 FFWCNK KSC169-230945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1041 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY AT 1041PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADS AND SOME BRIDGES NEAR MENTOR AND SALEMSBORG. AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND TONIGHT'S 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL CREATE SOME RAPID RUNOFF. SMALL CREEKS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BECOME FILLED WITH WATER. RAINS COULD CONTINUE IN THE AREA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ANY MORE HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE GYPSUM...ASSARIA...BRIDGEPORT AND MENTOR AREAS. THE CITY OF SALINA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD 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. JF
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 22, 7:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 735 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY POTTAWATOMIE GEARY WABAUNSEE MORRIS AND LYON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 725PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY RADAR OVER SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE AND MORRIS COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF COUNCIL GROVE LAKE OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THEY HAVE DECREASED SOME IN THE PAST HOUR AND ARE DRIFTING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KML...
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ013-014-230230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 834 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS GROWING OVER MORRIS AND WABAUNSEE COUNTIES... AT 825PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTA VISTA ALONG THE MORRIS WABAUNSEE COUNTY LINE. THIS IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS CELL. IT IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PASS EAST OF COUNCIL GROVE AROUND 9PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY AND JUST EAST OF FORT RILEY. THEY TOO ARE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. KML
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ013-014-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 905 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND MANHATTAN... AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR JUNCTION CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS BETWEEN ALMA AND EMPORIA FROM 930 TO 1000 PM CDT. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE THUNDERSTORMS. HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KSZ013-014-230345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 938 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND ALMA... AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 TO 50 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ALMA BETWEEN 945 AND 1000 PM CDT. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENT RAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. RECEIVE THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE THUNDERSTORMS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ013-014-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1000 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND ALMA THIS EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND ALMA AT 1000 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PAXICO AND ST. MARYS AREA. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMAIN INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE STORMS IS AVAILABLE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-230445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1038 PM CDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE MANHATTAN AND FT. RILEY AREA THIS EVENING... AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MANHATTAN AND FT. RILEY AREA THIS EVENING...WHICH HAS CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THAT AREA TONIGHT...BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA TO 10 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PASS BETWEEN TOPEKA AND VALLEY FALLS BETWEEN 1045 AND 1115 PM CDT. PEA SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED 20 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA AT MAYETTA AT 1030 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAR>TS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE THUNDERSTORMS. HOLDERBACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 59 min |
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.