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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS

March 30, 1993Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 1993, 10:50 PM CST for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1993, 10:50 PM CST (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 1993, 9:00 AM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 1993-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1993-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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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, Mar 30, 7:07 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-310200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
705 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 700 PM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AND SOUTH OF TOPEKA
TO EMPORIA AND GARNETT.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA...
NEAR LAWRENCE AND FROM VALLEY FALLS TO WETMORE.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT 20 MPH.

SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF THE
KANSAS RIVER AND FROM BURLINGTON TO LAWRENCE THROUGH 8 PM.

HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

LAPLANTE
Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:44 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
743 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

PRELIMINARY SEVERE STORM REPORTS FOR TUE EVENING MAR 30 1993.

COUNTY          LOCATION           TIME-CST             REPORT

COFFEY          LEBO               1549                GOLF BALL HAIL
OSAGE           5 N OF LEBO        1609                DIME HAIL
OSAGE           MELVERN LAKE       1622                GOLF BALL HAIL
OSAGE           LYNDON             1645                DIME HAIL
OSAGE           OVERBROOK          1700                DIME HAIL
DOUGLAS         PLEASANT GROVE     1735                60 MPH WIND
DOUGLAS         ZARKO              1745                GOLF BALL HAIL
                                                       & 65 MPH WIND

LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:06 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
805 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 800 PM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW WEAK THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM THE KANSAS RIVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY IN ATCHISON COUNTY.

SHOWERS ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE AREA SOUTH
TO BURLINGTON.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE NORTH
OF THE KANSAS RIVER THROUGH 10 PM. MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING
IN THE JUNCTION CITY AREA.

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA AREA SOUTH TO
OTTAWA AND THE MELVERN RESERVOIR THROUGH 930 PM.

LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 9:11 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-310415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
910 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 900 PM RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTHEAST K^ANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WERE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN. THE AREA WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 40S. A NORTHWEST WIND OF

RWC
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 9:14 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-310415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
914 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 900 PM RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WERE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN. THE AREA WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 40S. A NORTHWEST WIND OF
10 TO 20 MPH I`S EXPECTED.

RWC
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:21 PM CST, 29 minutes before
KSZ013>016-310520-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1020 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...MODERATE RAINS WERE CAUSING SOME LOCAL LOW LAND FLOODING OVER
   PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

STEADY RAINS CONTINUED OVER THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANAS MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER.  MODERATE RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER
THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...MARSHALL...NEMAHA AND BROWN
ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE NORTH OF TOPEKA.

SOME FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN LOW LYING AREAS OVER NEMAHA COUNTY.

RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALSO
STILL POSSIBLE.

PERSONS HAVING TO TRAVEL OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE
ALERT TO WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FRANTZ

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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.