Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1993, 11:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1993, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1993, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 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 100452 FFWICT KSC015-017-079-095-115-155-173-191-101200- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1147 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...BUTLER COUNTY...CHASE COUNTY...HARVEY COUNTY ...KINGMAN COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...RENO COUNTY...SEDGWICK COUNTY ...SUMNER COUNTY THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE LISTED COUNTIES THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE WARNING AREA INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF WICHITA AND HUTCHINSON. WATER LEVELS OVER THE AREA HAVE CHANGED LITTLE THIS EVENING. LOW SPOTS ON COUNTY ROADS REMAIN UNDERWATER AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MAY MOVE OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS NEAR CURRENT LEVELS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. HOWERTON
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 9, 11:32 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ017-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1133 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 1130 PM CDT... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD WITHIN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SALINA NORTH THROUGH CONCORDIA. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM MCPHERSON TO MARION LAKE THEN SOUTH TO EL DORADO IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AROUND BAXTER SPRINGS. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE MOVEMENT SINCE 1030. INTENSITY WAS UNCHANGED AS COVERAGE INCREASED SINCE 1035 PM. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE A SLOW FALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS NOW THAT THE RAIN HAS ENDED OR DIMINISHED. SOME ROADS WHICH TYPICALLY ARE PRONE TO FLOODING MAY STILL REMAIN WATER COVERED ALL NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS FORECAST TOWARD MORNING AND LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY... WHICH COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MAJOR STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WITH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT ON THE NEOSHO...VERDIGRIS AND MARMATON RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ANDZ THE COTTONWOOD...ARKANSAS...LITTLE ARKANSAS...CHIKASKIA...WALNUT... AND WHITEWATER RIVERS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. J.CHRISTENSON
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:33 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ017-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1133 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 1130 PM CDT... LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD WITHIN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SALINA NORTH THROUGH CONCORDIA. RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM MCPHERSON TO MARION LAKE THEN SOUTH TO EL DORADO IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AROUND BAXTER SPRINGS. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE MOVEMENT SINCE 1030. INTENSITY WAS UNCHANGED AS COVERAGE INCREASED SINCE 1035 PM. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE A SLOW FALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS NOW THAT THE RAIN HAS ENDED OR DIMINISHED. SOME ROADS WHICH TYPICALLY ARE PRONE TO FLOODING MAY STILL REMAIN WATER COVERED ALL NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS FORECAST TOWARD MORNING AND LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY... WHICH COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MAJOR STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WITH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT ON THE NEOSHO...VERDIGRIS AND MARMATON RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE COTTONWOOD...ARKANSAS...LITTLE ARKANSAS...CHIKASKIA...WALNUT... AND WHITEWATER RIVERS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. J.CHRISTENSON r.|*b b 88 WUUS OF45W 7q4WSUS ?66WWUS 0XWSUS2 06WWUS 6WWUS 46WWUS <q`WWUSD $WWUSb 5WWUSJ ;( WUUSd YHWWNZ `WWUS (3U^WSUS xXWYZu6WWUS 0-LLOW 6WWUS UNTAINS-$6WWUSv WWUS $S-Sbn X6WWUS .MONV1WSCA0 R. i-`WWUSp 4CA`WWUSZ H g WUUS2 P6WWUS@ |6WWUS ]66WWUS< |q`WWUS^ R`WWUSh XWOUS WUS WWIN@tRHWSPAn hm6WWUS dH6WWUS"
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 7 hr |
| May 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 7 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.