Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1993, 1:58 AM CDT for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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, 7.0 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 010658 FFWTOP KSC117-131-011000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 158 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...MARSHALL COUNTY...NEMAHA COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE NORTH OF TOPEKA. CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICES INDICATE SEVERAL RAODWAYS STILL HAVE WATER OVER THEM. FLASH FLOOD WARINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL AROUND 5 AM CDT FOR THESE COUNTIES AS A RESULT OF THESE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE WATCHED AND IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS. 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. FRANTZ &
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 1, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-010645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO LAST PGPH FIRST SENTENCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS SHOULD READ FLASH FLOOD 1241 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 WARNINGS... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 1220 AM THE LEADING EDGE OF A 50 MILE WIDE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS CURVED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE NEAR BALDWIN CITY TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA NEAR OVERBROOK TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR MAPLE HILL. THE STORMS THEN TRAILED BACK TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR FRANKFORT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS PRECEDED BY A GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WERE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE STORMS INTO THE OTTAWA VICINITY BY AROUND 115 AM CDT AND TO THE ADMIRE AND MELVERN AREAS ABOUT 40 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF TOPEKA BY 130 AM CDT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES AS WELL AS NORTHERN WABAUNSEE...RILEY AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAVE HAD EXCESSIVES RAINS EARLIER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MORE RAINFALL WILL ONLY FURTHER AGGRAVATE PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1254 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CLOUD...REPUB- LIC...WASHINGTON...CLAY...SALINE...MCPHERSON AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE OR JUST NORTH OF BARNES IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY LIKELY PRODUCED LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS IF ENCOUNTERED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1254 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CLOUD...REPUB- LIC...WASHINGTON...CLAY...SALINE...MCPHERSON AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE OR JUST NORTH OF BARNES IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY LIKELY PRODUCED LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS IF ENCOUNTERED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:30 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 130 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CLOUD...REPUB- LIC...WASHINGTON...CLAY...SALINE...MCPHERSON AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS COULD STILL GENERATE NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY LIKELY PRODUCED LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS IF ENCOUNTERED. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:30 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-010730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 130 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CLOUD...REPUB- LIC...WASHINGTON...CLAY...SALINE...MCPHERSON AND DICKINSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS COULD STILL GENERATE NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY LIKELY PRODUCED LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS IF ENCOUNTERED. PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:30 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-010730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 129 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 120 AM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR BAILEYVILLE...TO THE TOPEKA VICINITY TO OTTAWA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING WERE TO THE NORTH OF BAILEVILLE AND TO THE EAST OF OTTAWA. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES... ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. HEAVY RAINS EARLIER WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THIS LATEST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING OVER RILEY... POTTAWATOMIE AND NORTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE AS MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING. FRANTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Geary | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 44 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.