Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Barton | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 18 min |
| Jul 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson, Saline | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson, Saline | 21 min |
| Jul 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 69 min |
| Jul 4, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jackson, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 1:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jewell | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 8:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 3 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.