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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS

July 5, 1993Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 5:27 AM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1993, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Riley County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 18 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KSZ014-015-016-051015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ENDING TIMES OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS     FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
417 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 515 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 KANSAS 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 MlAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:45 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051200-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 AM CDT..

RADAR AT 440 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CONCORDIA TO JUST NORTH OF HAYS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL COMPOUND FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER MUCH OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH FLOODING RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST SALINE COUNTY 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SALINA AND 10 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...AND WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS
WATER OVER BRIDGES...ROADS AND LOW SPOTS...NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A
SWOLLEN STREAM...EVEN AND SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:47 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051200-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
   NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 AM CDT..

RADAR AT 440 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CONCORDIA TO JUST NORTH OF HAYS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL COMPOUND FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER MUCH OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH FLOODING RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST SALINE COUNTY 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SALINA AND 10 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...AND WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS
WATER OVER BRIDGES...ROADS AND LOW SPOTS...NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A
SWOLLEN STREAM...EVEN AND SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:26 AM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ013>016-051125-

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

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 520 AM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
HIAWATHA TO JUNCTION CITY. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED...
BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THIS REGION. THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH WHILE
INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR MARSHALL...
NEMAHA...RILEY AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG COUNTY ROADS AS MANY ARE UNDER
WATER OR ARE IMPASSABLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE TOPEKA AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM.
+
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO POSTED UNTIL 11 AM FOR ALL OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

BARLOW

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, 4:05 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, 5:43 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.