Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 1993, 1:20 AM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1993, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1993, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 300620 FFWICT KSC001-133-300815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 120 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY...NORTHERN NEOSHO COUNTY AT 115 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE STATIONARY OVER WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF IOLA. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR FROM MIDNIGHT TO 1 AM. FLOODING ALONG THE NEOSHO RIVER IS LIKELY..ESPECIALLY FROM IOLA TO JUST EAST OF CHANUTE. WATER WAS REPORTED FROM 1 TO 1 1/2 FEET DEEP 4 MILES WEST OF IOLA JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WARNED AREA..AVOID WATER-COVERED ROADS..STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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. ES &
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 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.. AT 833 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FT SCOTT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN CHANUTE..IOLA..FT SCOTT OR PITTSBURG BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND BE READY SEEK SAFE SHELTER. OVERALL..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED EAST OF A LINE FROM EMPORIA TO 25 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEASHT AT 15 MPH. . THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE EVE- NING WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED. ES
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 927 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.. AT 925 PM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CLUSTER ABOUT 60 MILES IN DIAMETER CENTERED NEAR CHANUTE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER IF YOU LIVE IN CHANUTE..IOLA OR FT SCOTT BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHEL- TER. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 1 INCH LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. ES
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 927 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.. AT 925 PM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CLUSTER ABOUT 60 MILES IN DIAMETER CENTERED NEAR CHANUTE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER IF YOU LIVE IN CHANUTE..IOLA OR FT SCOTT BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHEL- TER. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 1 INCH LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. ES
Special weather statement, May 30, 12:30 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300630 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 AT 1225 AM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY 35- 40 MPH WINDS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS HAD A LEADING EDGE FROM FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TO SALINA TO WELLINGTON WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA. ONE STORM 20 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON WAS CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 2 INCHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF OTTAWA TO COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. ES
Special weather statement, May 30, 12:36 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300630 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 AT 1225 AM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY 35- 40 MPH WINDS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS HAD A LEADING EDGE FROM FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TO SALINA TO WELLINGTON WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA. ONE STORM 20 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON WAS CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 2 INCHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE SCATTERED OV~ER AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF OTTAWA TO COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. ES
Special weather statement, May 30, 12:37 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-300630 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1230 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 1993 AT 1225 AM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY 35- 40 MPH WINDS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STORMS HAD A LEADING EDGE FROM FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST TO SALINA TO WELLINGTON WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA. ONE STORM 20 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON WAS CAPABLE OF HOURLY RAINFALLS OF 2 INCHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH- EAST OF OTTAWA TO COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE UNCHANGED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. ES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 65 min |
| May 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 62 min |
| May 29, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 66 min |
| May 30, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen | 4 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.