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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Topeka, KS

July 5, 1993Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 3:43 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1993, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1993, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Mitchell County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1993-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 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 1993-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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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 5, 12:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1245 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS MOVED WELL
EAST OF THE COUNTY AND NO LONGER IS A THREAT.  THIS STORM PRODUCED 3/4
INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS AT 1230 AM CDT IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART
OF THXE COUNTY NEAR KIMEO.

NOLES

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
115 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER MAINLY NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 115 AM RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST
WEST OF CLAY CENTER TO BELOIT.  THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY
HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE NEAR
CONCORDIA AND 5 MILES EAST OF BELOIT.

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST
WEST OF BELLEVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS NEAR JEWELL AND COURTLAND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NO KNOWN SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OVER THE REGION AT THIS TIME.  THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND THOSE AREAS ARE PRONE TO HIGHER
WATER ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 5 AM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR SMITH COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS NEEDED IF
A STORM THREATENS YOUR AREA.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
115 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER MAINLY NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 115 AM RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST
WEST OF CLAY CENTER TO BELOIT.  THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY
HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE NEAR
CONCORDIA AND 5 MILES EAST OF BELOIT.

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST
WEST OF BELLEVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS NEAR JEWELL AND COURTLAND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NO KNOWN SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OVER THE REGION AT THIS TIME.  THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND THOSE AREAS ARE PRONE TO HIGHER
WATER ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 5 AM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR SMITH COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS NEEDED IF
A STORM THREATENS YOUR AREA.

NOLES,
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-050715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
225 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...
...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
   AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR SMITH COUNTY...

AT 225 AM CDT RADAR INDICATES A 35 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES EAST OF OSBORNE.  THE STRONGER STORMS IN THIS
AREA WERE 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON OR 35 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA
AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR KACKLEY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR RUSSELL AND JUST TO THE EAST OF
HAYS IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.  THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTHWEST SMITH COUNTY BY 315 AM
CDT THIS MORNING.

THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PERSONS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM
APPROACHING STORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:55 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-050900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
254 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

AT 245AM CDT SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM
AROUND LAWRENCE TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR SOLDIER THEN WEST
TO AROUND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN NEAR RANDOLPH. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE NEAR RANDOLPH
JUST SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF VALLEY FALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM CDT FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR THE REST OF THE
MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF .THE KANSAS RIVER.

KAYS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton40 min
Jul 4, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha33 min
Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPEllsworth43 min
Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsborne, Russell40 min
Jul 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa64 min
Jul 4, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall18 min
Jul 4, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPEllsworth44 min
Jul 4, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell31 min
Jul 4, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice65 min
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOttawa3 hr
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSaline45 min
Jul 4, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline3 hr
Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley49 min
Jul 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell62 min
Jul 4, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLincoln3 hr
Jul 4, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson, Saline49 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson24 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee27 min
Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie46 min
Jul 4, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson, Saline21 min
Jul 4, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Mitchell69 min
Jul 4, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson28 min
Jul 4, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee29 min
Jul 4, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee41 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPClay, Ottawa3 hr
Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay44 min
Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley39 min
Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall45 min
Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington29 min
Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie29 min
Jul 5, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPLincoln, Saline3 hr
Jul 5, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley4 hr
Jul 5, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Nemaha26 min
Jul 5, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison, Jackson, Jefferson31 min
Jul 5, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie3 hr
Jul 5, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne38 min
Jul 5, 4:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsborne4 hr
Jul 5, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic4 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPJewell4 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington4 hr
Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie3 hr
Jul 5, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley3 hr
Jul 5, 5:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley3 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic116 min
Jul 5, 8:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington3 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.