Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
- 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, 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.
| 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, 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, 5:43 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.