Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 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 082309 COR FFWICT KSC125-090145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 605 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEAVY RAIN NOW OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 800 PM. THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. SOME STREETS ARE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN COFFEYVILLE AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE NEAR BANKFULL. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS SHOULD LEAVE FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER. IT MAY BE YOUR LAST MISTAKE. 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 TO HIGHER GROUND. HOWERTON
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 8, 12:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1239 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 227 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR ALLEN..BOURBON..AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1230 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DRIFT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM MEDICINE LODGE THROUGH HUTCHINSON TO CONCORDIA...THEN SOUTH FROM TOPEKA THROUGH IOLA TO COFFEYVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS...CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...WERE IN A BAND 25 MILES WIDE. THE BAND EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE TO 15 MILES WEST OF COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF TREATENING WEATHER APPRAOCHES MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF TRAVELLING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS...HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS MORNING MAY HAVE WASHED THE ROAD OUT...CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE INSTEAD. AREAL COVERAGE HAS REMAINED NEARLY THE SAME SINCE 1130 AM...WHILE INTENSITY DECREASED SLIGHTLY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOONAN
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-081845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 138 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 227 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR ALLEN..BOURBON..AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 135 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND...130 MILES WIDE... WEST OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA...SOUTHWARD TO HUTCHINSON...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LODGE...THEN INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS... WERE IN A BAND 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF BURLINGTON... ACROSS IOLA...TO JUST EAST OF CHANUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ON THESE HAS REMAINED THE SAME SINCE 1230 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT. HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND THERE IS STILL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELDER
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-082045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 202 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 227 HAS EXPIRED FOR ALLEN...BOURBON... AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... SEVERE THUNDETSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 FOR ALLEN...BOURBON...AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS EXPIRED. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL ...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THOUGH AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEY COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME SEVERE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE PRODUCING AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND A| SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 7, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
| May 8, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 47 min |
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 42 min |
| May 8, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 63 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Neosho | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 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.