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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS

May 9, 1993Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 1993, 1:40 AM CDT for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1993, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-188 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 090651 COR
FFWICT
KSC001-099-133-091100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARAGRAPH FOR WARNING AREA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
140 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

   ...ALLEN COUNTY...LABETTE COUNTY...NEOSHO COUNTY...ELK COUNTY
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...WOODSON COUNTY...WILSON COUNTY

WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE INDICATED COUNTIES. SATURATED
GROUND FROM PREVIOUS RAIN AND RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAVE INUNDATED
COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE SEVEN COUNTIES. SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE REPORTED TO BE NEAR BANKFULL IN MOST AREAS.
THE WARNING AREA IS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOLA TO
20 MILES EAST OF COFFEYVILLE TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE.

K101 IS CLOSED BETWEEN 96 AND 166 HIGHWAY IN LABETTE COUNTY.
IN ADDITION HIGHWAY 160 IS CLOSED BETWEEN LONGTON AND THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY LINE.

OTHER LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BE UNDER
WATER.  THE WATER WILL REMAIN NEAR CURRENT LEVELS THROUGH THE REST OF
THE NIGHT...WITH SLIGHT RISES POSSIBLE ON LARGER STREAMS.

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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTAllen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson5 hr
May 9, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette4 hr
May 9, 8:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner3 hr
May 9, 9:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTReno3 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.