Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1992, 3:48 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1992, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osborne County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 092049 FFWCNK KSC141-092245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 348 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...OSBORNE COUNTY AT 345PM...A REPORT OF 5 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR ALTON WAS RECIEVED FROM THE OSBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF. THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE OVER OSBORNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SOLOMAN RIVER IS POSSIBLE. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL ALSO LIKELY BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE CITY OF OSBORNE AND BLOOMINGTON ARE DOWNSTREAM FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS. 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.t..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 ABANDONED 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, Jun 9, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1248 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1245PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAYBE SOME GUSTY WINDS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCPHERSON...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO SALINA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH...AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IS VERY LIKELY DURING THE HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS. LISTEN TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 102 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...LOW LYING AREAS IN SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY ARE GETTING COVERED WITH WATER...AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE INMAN AREA... THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SO ANY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. THE FLOODING WILL MAINLY BE ALONG LOW LYING FIELDS AND ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS. THE MCPHERSON COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED THAT WATER WAS RUNNING OUT OF FIELDS AND ONTO SOME COUNTY ROADS NEAR INMAN. AT 1PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FLOODING SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS! ...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 137 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... THE WATCH INCLUDES...SALINE...MCPHERSON...ELLSWORTH...RICE...LINCOLN OTTAWA...AND DICKINSON COUNTIES...AND MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE GROUND HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SO ANY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. THE FLOODING WILL MAINLY BE ALONG LOW LYING FIELDS AND ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS...BUT FLASH FLOODING ALONG MAJOR CREEKS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. AT 130PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING OVER NORTHERN ELLSWORTH AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AND GET YOURSELF TO SAFE GROUND IF FLOODING LOOKS LIKE IT WILL OCCUR IN YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-091945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 154 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS NEAR IONIA OR 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA... THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IT WILL BE NEAR MANKATO BY 230PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO JUNTION CITY. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING NORT\H AND PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER RUSSELL ELLSWORTH AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GET TO SAFE GROUND OR SHELTER IF NECESSARY. JF
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 230 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO OR 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MANKATO BY 245PM. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. AT 225PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA TO AROUND JUNCTION CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM FROM NEAR ESBON OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANKATO TO NEAR BELOIT AND FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA TO NEAR ABILENE. THESE LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. ...FREDERICK...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:02 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 301 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 AT 3PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 15 MILES NORTH OF SALINA NEAR BENNINGTON AND NEAR MANKATO OR 35 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA. THEY WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE MINNEAPOLIS AND BURR OAK AREAS CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS BY AROUND 330PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO NEAR CONCORDIA TO NEAR MANHATTAN. SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WERE GETTING HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE NORTHERN DICKINSON...SOUTHERN JEWELL AND NORTHERN MITCHELL CONTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne | 119 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.