Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 3:44 AM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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
Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
120 AM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/13/93 AND WEDNESDAY 7/14/93
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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2137 HARVEY 60-70 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN HARVEY COUNTY JUST
SOUTH OF MOUNDRIDGE.
2140 RENO TREES DOWN 1 MILE EAST OF PLEVNA...AND RAILROAD
CROSSING SIGN DOWN NEAR LANGDON.
2145 RENO 60 MPH WINDS AND TREES DOWN AT PRETTY PRAIRIE.
2220 HARVEY 60+ MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD.
2223 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT CHENEY.
2230 KINGMAN POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN NEAR WATERLOO.
2249 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT 21ST ST N AND 231ST ST W...
WEST OF WICHITA.
2255 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT GODDARD.
2305 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT GARDEN PLAIN.
2314 SEDGWICK 70 MPH WINDS AT SHULTE.
2325 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS IN NW WICHITA.
2326 SEDGWICK TREE LIMBS DOWN 1 MI NW COLWICH.
0005 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS ON I-135 NEAR KANSAS COLISEUM N OF
WICHITA.
HEDGESLocal storm report, Jul 14, 1:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
120 AM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUESDAY 7/13/93 AND WEDNESDAY 7/14/93
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME COUNTY REPORT
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2137 HARVEY 60-70 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN HARVEY COUNTY JUST
SOUTH OF MOUNDRIDGE.
2140 RENO TREES DOWN 1 MILE EAST OF PLEVNA...AND RAILROAD
CROSSING SIGN DOWN NEAR LANGDON.
2145 RENO 60 MPH WINDS AND TREES DOWN AT PRETTY PRAIRIE.
2220 HARVEY 60+ MPH WINDS AT HALSTEAD.
2223 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT CHENEY.
2230 KINGMAN POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN NEAR WATERLOO.
2249 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT 21ST ST N AND 231ST ST W...
WEST OF WICHITA.
2255 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT GODDARD.
2305 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS AT GARDEN PLAIN.
2314 SEDGWICK 70 MPH WINDS AT SHULTE.
2325 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS IN NW WICHITA.
2326 SEDGWICK TREE LIMBS DOWN 1 MI NW COLWICH.
0005 SEDGWICK 60 MPH WINDS ON I-135 NEAR KANSAS COLISEUM N OF
WICHITA.
HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 73 min |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey | 5 hr |
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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.