Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 132345 FFWDDC KSC033-140145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 643 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY AT 641 PM CDT...TORRENTIAL RAINS IN NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY HAD MADE FLASH FLOODING IMMINENT. A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TERRIFIC DOWNPOURS WAS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND DITCHES IS LIKELY AND WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS WILL MAKE SOME OF THEM IMPASSABLE. WATER LEVELS ON LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING SUDDENLY AND MAY ENDANGER INTERESTS ALONG THE CREEKS AND STREAMS LEADING TO COLDWATER LAKE. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS OR WHAT MIGHT BE UNDER IT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. STREAMS, RIVERS, AND CREEKS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, 5:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ006-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 552 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY BEWTEEN KINSLEY AND BURDETT... AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINSELY...25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LARNED OVER THE EDWARDS COUNTY PANHANDLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE AND CONTINUED TO INDICATE TREMENDOUS DOWNPOURS OVER NORTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST PAWNEE COUNTY. FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND EVEN SOME WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY...DEADLY LIGHTNING CONTINUED WITH THE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE AREA COVERED BY THIS STORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:53 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ006-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 552 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY BEWTEEN KINSLEY AND BURDETT... AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINSELY...25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LARNED OVER THE EDWARDS COUNTY PANHANDLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE AND CONTINUED TO INDICATE TREMENDOUS DOWNPOURS OVER NORTHWEST EDWARDS COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST PAWNEE COUNTY. FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND EVEN SOME WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY...DEADLY LIGHTNING CONTINUED WITH THE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE AREA COVERED BY THIS STORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:06 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ006-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 606 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER... AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. THE STORM WAS OVER OPEN FARMLAND IN NORTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY. IT WAS DRIFTING NORTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL STILL BE IN THE OPEN IN NORTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY BY 700 PM CDT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LOCAL FLOODING OF COUNTY AND DIRT ROADS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:07 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ006-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 606 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER... AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBURG. THE STORM WAS OVER OPEN FARMLAND IN NORTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY. IT WAS DRIFTING NORTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL STILL BE IN THE OPEN IN NORTHWEST COMANCHE COUNTY BY 700 PM CDT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LOCAL FLOODING OF COUNTY AND DIRT ROADS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ006-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 633 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RAGE OVER PARTS OF MEADE COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADE...35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 60 10 MILES EAST OF MEADE AT 645 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 8 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE AT 626 PM CDT. THE STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW FROM THE STORM. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR MEADE COUNTY... JOHNSON &
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:34 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ006-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 633 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RAGE OVER PARTS OF MEADE COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEADE...35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 60 10 MILES EAST OF MEADE AT 645 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 8 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE AT 626 PM CDT. THE STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW FROM THE STORM. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED I8N EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR MEADE COUNTY... JOHNSON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards | 2 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.