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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

May 8, 1993Montgomery County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Reno39 min
May 7, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley51 min
May 7, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler58 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood59 min
May 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase59 min
May 8, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson47 min
May 8, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno6 hr
May 8, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner46 min
May 8, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler5 hr
May 8, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley56 min
May 8, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick69 min
May 8, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Elk58 min
May 8, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler47 min
May 8, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood42 min
May 8, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery, Wilson, Woodson63 min
May 8, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningICTButler57 min
May 8, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Marion63 min
May 8, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Labette, Neosho52 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick6 hr
May 8, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMarion6 hr
May 8, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChase4 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.