Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 4:12 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Republic County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 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, 20 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, 19 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, 17 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, 16 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, 4:09 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ014-015-016-051015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 408 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 AM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT. THIS WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 594 ISSUED EARLIER SUNDAY EVENING. AT 355 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE...NEAR BEATTIE...ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIAWATHA OR JUST NORTHEAST OF SABETHA AND ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIAWATHA. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR MARSHALL ...NEMAHA AND NORTHERN POTTOWATOMIE COUNTIES...ALL ABOUT 40 TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF TOPEKA. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF SENECA...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA AROUND 318 AM CDT. EVACUATION OF PEOPLE WAS OCCURRING AT THAT TIME. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ZKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER STRIKE. ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS RAODWAYS COVERED BY FLOWING WATER...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. FRANTZ
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, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne | 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.