Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 2:54 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1993, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1993, 4:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 111956 FFWDDC KSC165-112300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...RUSH COUNTY AT 251 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST RUSH COUNTY OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAYS. DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A NARROW BAND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE BISON AND OTIS AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE COUNTY ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ADD AT LEAST ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN ONTO THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. SMALL CREEKS AND STEAMS WILL QUICKLY RISE WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAIN. PERSONS NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. h STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IF YOU EXPERIENCE FLOODING...PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. HUTTON &
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 11, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ008-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1207 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF HAYS... AT 1202 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIEBENTHAL WITH ANOTHER 9 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE LIEBENTHAL...HARGRAVE AND LA CROSSE AREAS THROUGH 1245 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF HAYS AND EAST OF LA CROSSE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO...IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF TRAVELLING...DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ008-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1207 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF HAYS... AT 1202 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIEBENTHAL WITH ANOTHER 9 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE LIEBENTHAL...HARGRAVE AND LA CROSSE AREAS THROUGH 1245 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WIND TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF HAYS AND EAST OF LA CROSSE INTO THE EARLY AFTE"RNOON. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO...IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF TRAVELLING...DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 114 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY... AT 110 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG I-70 JUST EAST OF HAYS AND OTHER STRONG STORMS 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. VERY HEAVY RAINS OF ALMOST AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTIS AND BISON CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 145 PM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM HAYS TO WAKEENEY...IN THE NESS CITY AREA...SCOTT CITY AND GARDEN CITY TRHOUGH 3 PM. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA IN TREGO...ELLIS OR RUSH COUNTIES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 114 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY... AT 110 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG I-70 JUST EAST OF HAYS AND OTHER STRONG STORMS 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS. VERY HEAVY RAINS OF ALMOST AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTIS AND BISON CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 145 PM. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM HAYS TO WAKEENEY...IN THE NESS CITY AREA...SCOTT CITY AND GARDEN CITY TRHOUGH 3 PM. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA IN TREGO...ELLIS OR RUSH COUNTIES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:37 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ003-005-006-008-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 237 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE RUMBLING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 234 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GARDEN CITY AND ALSO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE GARDEN CITY AREA BY 330 PM AND COULD APPROACH THE DODGE CITY AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF HAYS TO NEAR NESS CITY. HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LA CROSSE AND RUSH CENTER AREAS AFTER 3 PM. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO...IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN NESS OR RUSH COUNTIES BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:39 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ003-005-006-008-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 237 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE RUMBLING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 234 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GARDEN CITY AND ALSO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE GARDEN CITY AREA BY 330 PM AND COULD APPROACH THE DODGE CITY AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF HAYS TO NEAR NESS CITY. HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LA CROSSE AND RUSH CENTER AREAS AFTER 3 PM. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO...IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN NESS OR RUSH COUNTIES BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE. HUTTON
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.