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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS

July 5, 1993Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 4:05 AM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1993, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-05Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 KCNK 050906
FFWCNK
KSC141-051300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
405 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...OSBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 400 AM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY WITH THUNDERSTORMS
REDEVELOPING TO THE WEST NORTH OF HAYS. STREET FLODDING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING IN OSBORNE WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS RISING RAPIDLY...ADDTIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WEST WILL OVERSPREAD OSBORNE COUNTY ALLOWING
FOR FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM.
 
 
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
 
WHITMORE

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, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 10 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:52 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051000-

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

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

RADAR AT 352 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES WEST
OF BELOIT...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF
THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GLEN ELDER LAKE AND MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 45 MPH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051000-

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

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

RADAR AT 352 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES WEST
OF BELOIT...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF
THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GLEN ELDER LAKE AND MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 45 MPH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:55 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ADDITION MADE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
355 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSBORNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND
   WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT..

RADAR AT 355 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES WEST
OF BELOIT...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF
THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GLEN ELDER LAKE AND MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 45 MPH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

NOLES
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:56 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ADDITION MADE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
355 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSBORNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND
   WILL NOT BE EXTENDED...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT..

RADAR AT 355 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO 25 MILES WEST
OF BELOIT...THEN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF RUSSELL.  MOVEMENT OF
THE STORMS IS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GLEN ELDER LAKE AND MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 45 MPH
VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

NOLES

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, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMitchell3 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

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.