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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Topeka, KS

July 20, 1993Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1993, 6:44 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 1993, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 1993, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCNK 201145
FFWCNK
KSC169-201345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
644 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SALINE COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY WILL AGGRIVATE AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS THIS MORNING. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALREADY IS REPORTING WATER
PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAY 40 1 1/2 MILE WEST OF TOWN AND NORTH OF TOWN WITH
THE MULBERRY CREEK. RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
QUICKLY AND PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY
IF NECESSARY.
 
NOLES
`DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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, Jul 20, 5:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
525 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 525 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR FORMOSO TO
30 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST EAST OF BELOIT TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALINA NEAR HOLYROOD. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS
WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR OVER OPEN COUNTRY SOUTH
OF BELOIT.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS ROM 20 MILES ORTH
OF SALINA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR GYPSUM AND NORTHWEST OF
GYPSUM.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...WINDS TO 50
MPH...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT               CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
525 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 525 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR FORMOSO TO
30 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST EAST OF BELOIT TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALINA NEAR HOLYROOD. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS
WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR OVER OPEN COUNTRY SOUTH
OF BELOIT.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 20 MILES NORTH
OF SALINA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR GYPSUM AND NORTHWEST OF
GYPSUM.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...WINDS TO 50
MPH...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT               CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
525 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 525 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR FORMOSO TO
30 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST EAST OF BELOIT TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALINA NEAR HOLYROOD. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS
WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR OVER OPEN COUNTRY SOUTH
OF BELOIT.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 20 MILES NORTH
OF SALINA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA.  THE STRONGER STORMS WERE
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR GYPSUM AND NORTHWEST OF
GYPSUM.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...WINDS TO 50
MPH...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:04 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
605 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 605 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHOSE LEADING EDGE
WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NORTH OF BELLEVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO
30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SALINA NEAR GENESEO. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE CLUSTERED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO
30 MILES EAST OF SALINA.

THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA FROM JAMESTOWN TO
DELPHOS...NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND IN A LINE FROM BELERLY TO GENESEO OR 30
MILES NORTHWEST TO SOUTWEST OF SALINA.

RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TYPICALLY 1/2 TO 1 INCH.
PERSONS AROUND AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR WATER
LEVELS AND WATCH FOR WATER RISES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF
NECESSARY.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:05 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
605 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 605 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHOSE LEADING EDGE
WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NORTH OF BELLEVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO
30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SALINA NEAR GENESEO. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE CLUSTERED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO
30 MILES EAST OF SALINA.

THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA FROM JAMESTOWN TO
DELPHOS...NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND IN A LINE FROM BELERLY TO GENESEO OR 30
MILES NORTHWEST TO SOUTWEST OF SALINA.

RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TYPICALLY 1/2 TO 1 INCH.
PERSONS AROUND AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR WATER
LEVELS AND WATCH FOR WATER RISES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF
NECESSARY.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:09 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-201200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
605 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

AT 605 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHOSE LEADING EDGE
WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA NORTH OF BELLEVILLE TO CONCORDIA TO
30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SALINA NEAR GENESEO. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE CLUSTERED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA TO
30 MILES EAST OF SALINA.

THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE JUST WEST OF CONCORDIA FROM JAMESTOWN TO
DELPHOS...NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND IN A LINE FROM BEVERLY TO GENESEO OR 30
MILES NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST OF SALINA.

RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TYPICALLY 1/2 TO 1 INCH.
PERSONS AROUND AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR WATER
LEVELS AND WATCH FOR WATER RISES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF
NECESSARY.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING...

NOLES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Clay, Cloud	2 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.