Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1993, 4:24 PM CDT for Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1993, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morris County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 082130 FFWTOP KSC127-090530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 424 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...MORRIS COUNTY RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE PRODUCED FLOODING ON MANY OF THE CREEKS IN MORRIS COUNTY. SOME ROADWAYS ARE UNDERWATER AND CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW THE FLOODING TO PERSIST AND WORSEN. ROCK CREEK IN EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AT HIGHWAY 56. THE CREEK WAS PRODUCING FLOODING 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA AT DUNLAP. WATER WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER OBSERVER TO BE 2 FEET DEEP ON MAIN STREET IN DUNLAP AND TRAVEL INTO THE TOWN WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. CLARKS CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AND ACROSS HIGHWAY K4 WEST OF WHITE CITY. DO NOZT 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. LAPLANTE
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, May 8, 12:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1259 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTHEAST... BROWN DONIPHAN JACKSON ...EAST CENTRAL... GEARY LYON MORRIS SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WTATCH... EMPORIA JUNCTION CITY TOPEKA LWS
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 111 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...SHOWERS SLOWLY LIFTING OUT OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENRTRAL KANSAS.. AT 105 PM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SHOWER ACTIVITY MAINLY EAST OF A WICHITA TO SALINA TO 10 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA LINE. THE PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AS IT HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH-NORHTEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 100 PM ONLY SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS WERE BEING REPORTED IN THE RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND AREAS. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS SEVERE AS IN PROVIOUS AFTERNOONS...BUT THEY MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO CONCERNING ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND BE PREPARED FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER SHOULD HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER YOUR AREA. BAKER
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-081915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 111 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY EAST OF LINE FROM NEAR ATCHISON TO NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR LYNDON TO NEAR BURLINGTON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ATCHISON TO NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR LYNDON TO NEAR BURLINGTON. THE CANCELLED AREAS INCLUDE TOPEKA, JUNCTION CITY AND EMPORIA... ...AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY COVERS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 110 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA NEAR CARBONDALE...AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR THE GARNETT AND RICHMOND AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TOPEKA AND OTTAWA AREAS BY 130PM. PEOPLE IN THE TOPEKA AND OTTAWA AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH. AT 110 PM AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITY RAIN COVERED NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM OTTAWA TO TOPEKA TO MARYSVILLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MPH. LWS b
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-082030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 209 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS HAS EXPIRED. AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAS ENDED BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL RAIN CONTINUES. KML..1909Z
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-082115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 313 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 ...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN REPORTED OVER A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 310 PM CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 55 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF SMITH CENTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE BRIEF URBAN FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SMITH CENTER AND CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA HIGHWAYS AS IT TRACKS TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN SMITH COUTNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMP TO CROSS ANY AREA OF WATER ON FOOT OR BY CAR. THESE THU,NDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST IN THE SMITH COUNTY AREA FOR APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 39 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Rice | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 66 min |
| May 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 51 min |
| May 7, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 58 min |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 35 min |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 18 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall | 7 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.