Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 8:19 AM CDT for Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Republic County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 609 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 051320 RRA FFWCNK KSC157-051515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 819 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...REPUBLIC COUNTY AT 815 AM CDT RADR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY AT 35 MPH. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS REPUBLIC COUNTY THROUGH 9 AMFLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM THE 4 TO 5 INCHES OF OVERNIGHT RAINFALL SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1015 AM CDT. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING .WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 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, 6:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 612 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... OSBORNE PHILLIPS ROOKS SMITH ...CENTRAL... BARTON ELLIS RUSH RUSSELL ...SOUTH CENTRAL... EDWARDS PAWNEE THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... GREAT BEND HAYS RUSSELL SMITH CENTER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THIS MORNING... BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ006>008-051114- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR UGC CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 612 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...NORTH CENTRAL... OSBORNE PHILLIPS ROOKS SMITH ...CENTRAL... BARTON ELLIS RUSH RUSSELL ...SOUTH CENTRAL... EDWARDS PAWNEE THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... GREAT BEND HAYS RUSSELL SMITH CENTER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THIS MORNING... BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 621 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RUSSELL...OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT... RADAR AT 615 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH THE STRONGEST LOACTED IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF ABILENE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS 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 OR LOW SPOTS...AND NEVER ATTEMPT CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE ON FOOT. ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM FOR MITCHELL COUNTY...FOR OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM...FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM...FOR JEWELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM AND FOR CLOUD COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM CDT... SW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-051230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 621 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #595 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT BARTON...RUSSELL...OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT... RADAR AT 615 AM CONTINUES TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH THE STRONGEST LOACTED IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF ABILENE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS 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 OR LOW SPOTS...AND NEVER ATTEMPT CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE ON FOOT. ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM FOR MIT|CHELL COUNTY...FOR OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM...FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM...FOR JEWELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM AND FOR CLOUD COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM CDT... SW
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-051245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 645 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 630 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ITS LEADING EDGE ON A LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF HIAWATHA TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR MAPLE HILL TO ABOUT 50 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ONAGA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AT ST MARYS. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR JUNCTION. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WITH THE AREA MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING RAINS INTO THE EMPORIA...TOPEKA AND ATCHISON AREAS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR SEVEAL NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES. MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER RAODWAYS...ESPECIALLY RURAL ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED RAODWAYS AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK AND ROADWAYS WASHED OUT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER. FRANTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:49 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ013>016-051345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 748 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 745 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI TO TOPEKA TO EMPORIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE TOPEKA AREA. THEN PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT THIS RATE...THE CITIES OF LAWRENCE...OTTAWA AND BURLINGTON CAN EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY RURALZ ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. 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, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Riley | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:56 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.