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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

May 30, 1993Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 1993, 12:49 AM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1993, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1993, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
10.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 300549
FFWICT
KSC155-300845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1249 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman65 min
May 29, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno62 min
May 29, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner66 min
May 30, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho115 min
May 30, 3:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen4 hr

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.