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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Topeka, KS

June 30, 1993Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1993, 10:04 PM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1993, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1993, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
4 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, 3.1 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 1993-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3169 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1993-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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, Jun 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...CORRECTION 2ND PRGPH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
658 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #551 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
   CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...

AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN
SALINE COUNTY NEAR NEW CAMBRIA. AND IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTION COUNTY
NEAR NATKA. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AND THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES.

EARLIER STORMS IN NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON HAD PRODUCED 1 3/4 INCH HAIL.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
744 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #556 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR DICKINSON...ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN AND SALINE COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL KANSAS...THIS REPLACES TORNADO WATCH #551...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 744 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANOVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE PARTICULAR STORMS.

hTHUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS BY 815 TO 830
PM CDT.  PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER THE REGION.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
806 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993

...TORNADO WATCH #556 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR DICKINSON...ELLSWORTH...LINCOLN AND SALINE COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL KANSAS...THIS REPLACES TORNADO WATCH #551...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 806 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS.  A VERY STRONG STORM WAS NEAR CUBA IN SOUTHEAST
REPUBLIC COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE
INTO THE HADDAM AREA BY 815 PM CDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP QUICKLY OVER MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL
KANSAS NOW THROUGH 9 PM AND MAY BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY.  LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:53 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley27 min
Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRiley29 min
Jun 30, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie56 min
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRiley28 min
Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee23 min
Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington48 min
Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic38 min
Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee36 min
Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley4 hr
Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary4 hr
Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWabaunsee3 hr
Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee27 min
Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington52 min
Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee22 min
Jun 30, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee2 hr
Jul 1, 1:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha3 hr
Jul 1, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne, Russell44 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.