Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 1993, 1:19 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1993, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 211821 FFWCNK KSC169-220315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 119 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SALINE COUNTY AT 1 PM SALINE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE ADVISING PEOPLE ALONG THE SOLOMON AND SALINE RIVERS TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE HAD HIGH WATER PROBLEMS DURING THE PAST WEEK. ALSO HIGHWAY 81 OLD AND NEW ARE CLOSED NORTH OF SALINA DUE TO FLOODING. THE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 FEET BY TONIGHT SO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE SALINE AND SOLOMON RIVER BASINS. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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. ADNDERSEN
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 21, 9:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ013>016-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 915 AM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 905 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM MANHATTAN TO TOPEKA THROUGH OTTAWA TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OTTAWA NEAR LANE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LAWRENCE...BALDWIN CITY...ST MARYS...OSKALOOSA...WAMEGO AND WESTMORELAND AREAS BY 1000 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND COULD WASH YOUR CAR OFF THE ROAD. WOYNICK$
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ013>016-211600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1006 AM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1000 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR PERRY LAKE TO 23 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA NEAR LAWRNECE. A LARGE ARE OF LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF TOPEKA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OSKALOOSA...VALLEY FALLS...MAYETTA AND MERIDEN AREAS BY 11 AM. RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTH OF I-70 THROUGH 11 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS. MOTORISTS SHfOULD SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND COULD WASH YOUR CAR OFF THE ROAD. WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ013>016-211715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1105 AM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1100 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY AREAS AND ALSO 20 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ONAGA...HORTON AND ATCHISON BY NOON. THE STORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER. THE RAIN AREA WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1135 AM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL TRIGGER MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ALONG WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION. THEREFORE SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-212300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1135 AM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL TRIGGER MORE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ALONG WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION. THEREFORE SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. TA
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 12:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ013>016-211815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1210 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1205 PM CDT...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...WEST OF A SABETHA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN AND 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN NEAR WESTMORELAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ONAGA...LILLIS...CORNING AND SEBETHA BY 100 PM. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. WOYNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | McPherson | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell, Osborne | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Coffey | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson | 106 min |
| Jul 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas | 106 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.