Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 7:32 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, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 12:00 PM 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 12:00Z, 0.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 141235 FFWICT KSC115-141700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 732 AM CDT WED JUL 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...MARION COUNTY THE FLOOD WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1200 NOON CDT. HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO PLAQUE MOST OF THE COUNTY. OFFICIAL RAINFALL OBSERVERS AS OF 730 AM CDT ARE REPORTING THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT ALMOST ALL SECONDARY ROADS HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS. GOESSEL...WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCPHERSON...RECEIVED 5.65 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND PARTS OF THAT TOWN REMAIN FLOODED. FLOODING PROBLEMS ALSO CONTINUE AROUND HILLSBORO. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY AND WILL CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE bTO HIGHER GROUND. ELDER/KING
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, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 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.