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Flash Flood Warning 142, NWS Topeka, KS

July 29, 1993Morris County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1993-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
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

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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
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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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 10:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLyon2 hr

Nearby

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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.