Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1993, 2:10 AM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 080711 FFWICT KSC079-155-081315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 210 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...HARVEY COUNTY...RENO COUNTY AT 205 AM CDT PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS OVER RENO AND HARVEY COUNTIES HAVE RRESULTED IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN HESSTON...NEWTON...AND HALSTEAD. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NOW ENTERING SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE OVER THIS AREA BY 330 AM WHICH WILL AGGREVATE THE CURRENT FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 8FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. KING/HYSELL &
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 7, 10:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1035 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE WITHIN A 40 TO 70 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM CONCORDIA SOUTH THROUGH MCPHERSON AND WICHITA...AND ON ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA BORDER JUST WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING WITHIN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM HUTCHINSON SOUTH THROUGH WICHITA...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 35 INTO OKLAHOMA. SOME DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND 50 MILE HOUR WINDS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN COWLEY COUNTY UP UNTIL 11 OCLOCK. > THE THUNDERSTORMS BISECTING THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WITH RAINFALL MODERATE TO HEAVY THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING....BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE MAIN THREAT IS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL FROM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE...AND WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP IN MIND FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN AREA INCLUDING WICHITA. SMALL STREAMS MAY FILL RAPIDLY AND ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. J.CHRISTENSON : 02DNcj`XRWJF&% >xJrz.|VLJl66JT
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADA4 INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADAD INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1243 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #219 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1235 AM CDT...RADA4 INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND SMALL HAIL 20 MILES EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR EMPORIA TO ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THUS TORNADO WATCH #219 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HARPER...HARVEY..KINGMAN...RENO...SEDGWICK...SUMNER... MARION...CHASE AND BUTLER COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN COWLEY...GREENWOOD...ELK...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES ARE STIL UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* HYSELL
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:51 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 151 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH...#223...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 145 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL ...HAD RE-DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. PEOPLE IN ATTICA...CORWIN ...AND ANTHONY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSHPHERE STILL REMAINS RIPE FOR THESE STORMS TO TURN SEVERE ...SO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR KINGMAN...RENO ...AND HARPER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #223 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO...KINGMAN...AND HARPER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT* *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* *A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.* HYSELL " 8,DGS 7 10010 /6WWUS @009 71522 8787q4WSUS // 4 = LAS0XWSUS 8 7210080 2040324 52002 7602 854// 222000402 333 91112=DO 08063 99580 1!=`WWUS %6WWUS X2/ 222020
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:52 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 151 AM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A NEW TORNADO WATCH...#223...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 145 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL ...HAD RE-DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATT...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. PEOPLE IN ATTICA...CORWIN ...AND ANTHONY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSHPHERE STILL REMAINS RIPE FOR THESE STORMS TO TURN SEVERE ...SO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR KINGMAN...RENO ...AND HARPER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. *TORNADO WATCH #223 IS IN EFFECT FOR RENO...KINGMAN...AND HARPER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT* *TORNADO WATCH #219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENWOOD...ELK..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT* *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM* *A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT* *A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.* *A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONTOMERY AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT.* HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
| May 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 47 min |
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| May 8, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 63 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 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.