Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1993, 1:18 PM CDT for Harper County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1993, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harper County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 KICT 021821 FFWICT KSC077-022115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 118 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARPER COUNTY AT 105 PM CDT...THE HARPER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT BLUFF CREEK ALONG WITH OTHER SMALLER CREEKS IN HARPER COUNTY WERE NEAR BANKFULL AROUND THE CITIES OF ANTHONY AND HARPER...BOTH ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW THAT AROUND 3.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ACCUMULATED SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER ALSO COMFIRM THAT AT LEAST 0.95 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 7 AM. RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG BLUFF CREEK AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN HARPER COUNTY. PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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...dOR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. NOONAN
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, May 2, 8:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 730 AM CST SUN MAY 2 1993 AT 730 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS..SOME MODERATE..PERSISTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH- CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SHOWERS OCCURRED OVER MOST OF AN AREA 80 MILES WIDE FROM AROUND TOPEKA THROUGH HUTCHINSON AND MEDICINE LODGE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF ABOUT 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. ES
Special weather statement, May 2, 9:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 900 AM CST SUN MAY 2 1993 AT 845 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS..SOME MODERATE..PERSISTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATON WAS ALONG AND 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT THROUGH SALINA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MAHATTAN. THE STRONGEST SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF SALINA...AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ARKANSAS CITY NEAR WINFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY SINCE 730AM WHILE INTENSITY HAS REMAINED THE SAME. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE THROUGH- OUT THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REST OF TODAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 2, 9:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 942 AM CST SUN MAY 2 1993 AT 934 AM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SHOWERS WERE IN A BAND 120 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF SALINA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST SHOWERS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ARKANSAS CITY AND 40 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE REMAINED NEARLY THE SAME SINCE 830 AM. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 900 AM CST SUN MAY 2 1993 AT 845 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS..SOME MODERATE..PERSISTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATON WAS ALONG AND 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT THROUGH SALINA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MAHATTAN. THE STRONGEST SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF SALINA...AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ARKANSAS CITY NEAR WINFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY SINCE 730AM WHILE INTENSITY HAS REMAINED THE SAME. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE THROUGH- OUT THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REST OF TODAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-021530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 942 AM CST SUN MAY 2 1993 AT 934 AM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SHOWERS WERE IN A BAND 120 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF SALINA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST SHOWERS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ARKANSAS CITY AND 40 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAVE REMAINED NEARLY THE SAME SINCE 830 AM. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY... NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:30 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-030500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1230 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS: BUTLER HARPER MARION SUMNER CHASE HARVEY RENO COWLEY KINGMAN SEDGWICK AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS: ALLEN CHEROKEE GREENWOOD NEOSHO BOURBON CRAWFORD LABETTE WILSON CHAUTAUQUA ELK MONTGOMERY WOODSON SYNOPSIS: AT MIDDAY...A FRONT EXTENDS ALONG THE KANSAS - MISSOURI BORDER TO A LOW IN EAST OKLAHOMA. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ENDING THE RAIN IN THE WEST SECTIONS WHILE SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT ANOTHER ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER HARPER COUNTY... WHERE TOTALS FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS MAY APPROACH FIVE INCHES. SOME WATER PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND ANTHONY...INCLUDING ALL OF HARPER COUNTY. MOST WILL BE RELATED TO RUNOFF IN THE STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ACROSS THE REST OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ANY FLASH FLOODING WILL BE DUE TO PERSISTENT RAIN AND THE SATURATED GROUND. MOST FLOODING WILL BE CONFINED TO TYPICAL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSOURI BORDER. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO REACH NEAR 70. AS SOME OF THIS UNSTABLE AIR IS PULLED INTO SOUTEAST KANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY FLOODING SHOULD BE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HOWERTON
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.