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Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS Topeka, KS

July 24, 1993Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1993, 9:24 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1993, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1993, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5445 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1993-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
5445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.0
Supercell composite
28.7

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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, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

AT 725 PM RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PREVIOSLY PRODUCED
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAD MOVED EAST OUT OF MITCHELL COUNTY...AND WAS NO LONGER
SHOWING SIGNS OF TORNADIC ACITIVIY.

PERSONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEEED TO MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY THIS EVENING...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
756 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY
COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 750 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS.
HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES WEST
OF MARYSVILLE TO SALINA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MARYSVILLE...WATERVILLE AND BLUE
RAPIDS AREAS BY 830 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN RILEY
COUNTY BETWEEN 830 PM AND 9 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES
TONIGHT. REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ007-008-010-250200
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
823 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 701 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
KANSAS COUNTIES...

...NORTH CENTRAL...
JEWELL          MITCHELL
OSBORNE         ROOKS
SMITH

KSC041-051-053-105-167-169-250500-
...CENTRAL...
ELLIS
RUSSELL

THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

RWC
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:47 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-250245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...AN LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO MARSHALL COUNTY
OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...

AT 830 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST NORTH OF
MARYSVILLE TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY.  THE STRONGER
STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED WIND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG
WITH WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE MARSHALL...RILEY AND GEARY COUNTIES AREAS ARE IN A
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER.

THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH WHILE
THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ON LINE FROM ABOUT 25
MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR SENECA...ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE
TO JUST WEST OF MANHATTAN...TO JUNCTION CIT$Y BY 930 PM.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:21 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE
WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-250330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
921 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ALL OF CLAY AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TRO EXPIRE...

AT 915 PM...RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDECATE THAT THE SEVERE
WEATHER HAS EXITED CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

BAKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln65 min
Jul 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud60 min
Jul 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington36 min
Jul 24, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Ottawa58 min
Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Washington43 min
Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline50 min
Jul 24, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley41 min
Jul 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson60 min
Jul 24, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa, Saline44 min
Jul 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson68 min
Jul 24, 9:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline40 min
Jul 24, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley39 min
Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson3 hr
Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson52 min
Jul 24, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 24, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris41 min
Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr
Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee28 min
Jul 24, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary36 min
Jul 24, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee46 min
Jul 25, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee2 hr
Jul 25, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee36 min
Jul 25, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson2 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Riley3 hr

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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.