Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 11:09 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140412 FFWDDC KSC057-140715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1109 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...FORD COUNTY AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREENSBURG THROUGH DODGE CITY TO GARDEN CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. TORRENTIAL RAINS ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ADD ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL TO ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODED AREAS IN FORD COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A CREEK...SMALL STREAM OR LOW LYING AREA... TRY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. FAGEN
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 13, 10:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ002-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS FINALLY MOVING NORTH OUT OF SCOTT COUNTY... AT 1031 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY...OVER THE LAKE SCOTT STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING DUE NORTH AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LEAVE SCOTT COUNTY TO THE NORTH BY 1045 PM CDT. THE STORM LIKELY WAS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND LOTS OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS AROUND LAKE SCOTT STATE PARK SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IF THE STORM BECOMES THREATENING. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:33 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ002-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS FINALLY MOVING NORTH OUT OF SCOTT COUNTY... AT 1031 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY...OVER THE LAKE SCOTT STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING DUE NORTH AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LEAVE SCOTT COUNTY TO THE NORTH BY 1045 PM CDT. THE STORM LIKELY WAS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND LOTS OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS AROUND LAKE SCOTT STATE PARK SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IF THE STORM BECOMES THREATENING. JOVHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT... AT 1036 PM CDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTOMS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS IN GREENSBURG...HAVILAND AND PRATT IS POSSIBLE. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 100 AM CDT... JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:39 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT... AT 1036 PM CDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTOMS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS IN GREENSBURG...HAVILAND AND PRATT IS POSSIBLE. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 100 AM CDT... JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE CAUSING MINOR PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM MULLINVILLE AND BUCKLIN EAST... AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 54 FROM BUCKLIN EAST THROUGH GREENSBURG AND PRATT. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALLIZED FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND AND PRATT. THE RAINS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND RUNOFF SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO COPE WITH ALL THE WATER. HOWEVER...COUNTY ROADS AND DIRT ROADS MAY BE WATER COVERED IN PLACES. DIRT ROADS IN PARTICULAR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AND DEEP MUD. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MORNING... JOHNSON &
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:05 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE CAUSING MINOR PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM MULLINVILLE AND BUCKLIN EAST... AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 54 FROM BUCKLIN EAST THROUGH GREENSBURG AND PRATT. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALLIZED FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND AND PRATT. THE RAINS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND RUNOFF SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO COPE WITH ALL THE WATER. HOWEVER...COUNTY ROADS AND DIRT ROADS MAY BE WATER COVERED IN PLACES. DIRT ROADS IN PARpTICULAR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AND DEEP MUD. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MORNING... JOHNSON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.