Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 1992, 9:43 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1992, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1992, 11:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 031445 FFWCNK KSC169-031745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 943 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SALINE COUNTY AT 940AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF SALINE COUNTY AND MORE RAIN WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTEMENT REPORTED 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SALINA IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND THERE WAS STREET FLOODING IN SALINA. ALSO...K4 HIGHWAY NEAR GYPSUM HAD WATER OVER IT IN SEVERAL PLACES. LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FLOOD AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON THE CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER SALINE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IF MORE HEAVY RAINS FALL IN AREAS ALREADY HAVING WATER PROBLEMS. PEOPLE IN SALINA SHOULD NOT DRIVE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY AS MANY INTERSECTIONS ARE WATER FILLED. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDO,NED QUICKLY. 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, Aug 3, 5:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 557 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 555 AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RED CLOUD NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES WEST OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA JUST WEST OF RED CLOUD. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 703 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 700 AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR CHESTER TO BELOIT TO HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR COVERT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-031400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 755 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND WILL COVER MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY 8:30AM CDT... AT 750 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CAWKER CITY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO TIPTON TO HUNTER TO JUST NORTH OF LINCOLN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR CLAY CENTER TO MINNEAPOLIS TO RUSSELL TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES MPH. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GREAT BEND AND SALINA AREAS BY 8:30 AM THIS MORNING. LLS
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-031400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 822 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 820AM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN WINDS OVER 45 MPH AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL TO NEAR MILBERGER TO NEAR GALATIA TO 20 MILES WEST OF GREAT BEND. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE INTO THE RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND AREAS BY 845AM. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG STORMS WAS FROM NEAR ASH GROVE TO JUST NORTH OF LINCOLN TO 10 MILES WEST OF SALINA. THESE WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE ALSO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AND WILL BE INTO THE SALINA...BROOKVILLE AND TESCOTT AREAS BY 845AM. ALSO ALOT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING IS WITH THESE STORMS. GO INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. ...JF...
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ013>016-031430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
830 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS...
AT 830 AM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
THE MANHATTAN AREA EXTENDING NORTHWESTWARD TO CONCORDIA. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WITH THIS MOVEMENT...THE CITIES OF
JUNCTION CITY...ALMA AND POSSIBLY COUNCIL GROVE WILL SEE THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 830 AND 945 AM.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
IT APPEARS THAT TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE WILL NOT SEE ANY OF THIS PRECIPITATION.
BARLOWSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 9:30 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ013>016-031525 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 932 AM CDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR HILLSBORO AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN MORRIS COUNTY FROM COUNCIL GROVE WESTWARD CAN EXPECT WIND GUST TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THE STORMS MOVE BY 1015 AM. AT 920 AM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE TO 12 WEST OF MANHATTAN TO NEAR JUNCTION CITY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. WEAKER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE MARYSVILLE AREA TO ST MARYS TO ALMA THROUGH 1015 AM. LAPLANTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 35 min |
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.