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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Topeka, KS

July 5, 1993Washington County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 8:56 AM CDT for Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1993, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1993, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 664 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 609 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
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

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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, 6:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 9 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, 1 hour 7 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:28 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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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, 5:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRiley3 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCloud4 hr
Jul 5, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPRepublic116 min

Nearby

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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.