Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 1993, 3:20 AM CDT for Allen County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1993, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1993, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 9:27 PM CDT, 5 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, 5 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 115 min |
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.