Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1992, 10:10 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1992, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellsworth County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 110311 FFWCNK KSC053-110615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1010 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...WESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY AT 1005 PM RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF ELLSWORTH COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE CITIES OF ELLSWORTH...BLACK WOLF...WILSON AND HOLYROOD SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR FLASH FLOODING!!! 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 WA_TER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. KLEYLA
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, Apr 10, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 658 AM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING... AT 655 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH- CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLYK CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 720 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 710 PM CDT...A NEWLY DEVELOPED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AUBURN IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO NEAR CONCORDIA. THIS LINE HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 6 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST. THE LINE SHOULD FIRST MOVE THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF MARYSVILLE...BLUE RAPIDS AND FRANKFORT BY 8 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE ON SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA...AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-110215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 815 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 805 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY NORTH OF MARYSVILLE OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF SABETHA AND SENECA BY 915 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA AND RUSSELL. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...AND IN CENTRAL KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS IN YOUR AREA...AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Osborne, Russell | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 59 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.