Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1993, 9:59 AM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1993, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1993, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 291500 FFWTOP KSC127-291700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 959 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY ...HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY... AT 950 AM A SPOTTER REPORTED RAINFALL OF JUST UNDER 3 INCHES /2.80/ SINCE AROUND 630 AM THIS MORNING...IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. THIS AMOUNT RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS AN AREA FROM NEAR JUNCTION CITY TO EMPORIA AT JUST BEFORE 10 AM CDT. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY PERSONS TRAVELING OVER WESTERN LYON COUNTY TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF EMPORIA. IF THE STORMS PERSIST ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY. 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. 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 29, 6:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-291200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 602 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 555 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 35 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO CLAY CENTER TO JUNCTION CITY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS OVER SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY NEAR OAKHILL AND LONGFORD...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN THE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. . PB
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-291200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 602 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 555 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 35 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO CLAY CENTER TO JUNCTION CITY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS OVER SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY NEAR OAKHILL AND LONGFORD...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN THE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. . PB
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ013>016-291250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 647 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 640 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNCTION CITY TO EMPORIA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA NEAR BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMPORIA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. IT APPEARS THAT THE CITIES OF TOPEKA...LAWRENCE AND OTTAWA 2MAY REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THESE THUNDESRSTORMS SHOULD STAY MAINLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS AREA. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ013>016-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 753 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 750 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNCTION CITY TO EMPORIA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA NEAR BURLINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMPORIA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH DUNLAP ...E~MPORIA AND BURLINGTON BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 858 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... A 845 AM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROJUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...ACROSS EMPORIA INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE JUST TO THE WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL GROVE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE JUNCTION CITY VICINITY BY AROUND 930 AM. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS HOWEVER SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE EMPORIA VICINITY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR AND BURLINGTON AREAS...ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. WITH THIS CURRENT MOVEMENT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE VICINITIES THIS MORNING. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO END BY LATE MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 9:02 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 900 AM CDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... A 845 AM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...ACROSS EMPORIA INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE JUST TO THE WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL GROVE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE JUNCTION CITY VICINITY BY AROUND 930 AM. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS HOWEVER SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE EMPORIA VICINITY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR AND BURLINGTON AREAS...ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. WITH THIS CURRENT MOVEMENT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE VICINITIES THIS MORNING. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO END BY LATE MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 10:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 2 hr |
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.