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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

July 6, 1993Lyon County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 9:47 AM CDT for Lyon County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Lyon County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 1993-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 1993-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 6, 8:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-061430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
820 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 945 AM FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY AND UNTIL
10 AM FOR SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT OTTAWA
COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM CDT...

AT 815 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO
IN JEWELL COUNTY TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO ABILENE TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCPHERSON. STREET FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED IN GREAT BEND AND RAINFALL
HAS ENDED ACROSS BARTON COUNTY SO WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEED ACROSS THE
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY AND
IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...NEVER ATTEMPT TO ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS
AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A SWOLLEN STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT..R

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AT ONCE UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ006-008-009-011-061420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
820 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 601 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART
OF KANSAS.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...CENTRAL...
BARTON          DICKINSON       ELLIS           ELLSWORTH
LINCOLN         MCPHERSON       RICE            RUSH
RUSSELL         SALINE

...SOUTH CENTRAL...
EDWARDS         KIOWAj           PAWNEE          PRATT
STAFFORD

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...
GREAT BEND      HAYS            MCPHERSON       PRATT
RUSSELL         SALINA

BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-061430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CANCEL WATCH IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
822 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 945 AM FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY AND UNTIL
10 AM FOR SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 815 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO
IN JEWELL COUNTY TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO ABILENE TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCPHERSON. STREET FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED IN GREAT BEND AND RAINFALL
HAS ENDED ACROSS BARTON COUNTY SO WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEED ACROSS THE
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY AND
IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...NEVER ATTEMPT TO ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS
AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A SWOLLEN STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT..

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AT ONCE UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-061430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CANCEL WATCH IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
822 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 945 AM FOR MCPHERSON COUNTY AND UNTIL
10 AM FOR SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #601 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...

AT 815 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO
IN JEWELL COUNTY TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO ABILENE TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCPHERSON. STREET FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED IN GREAT BEND AND RAINFALL
HAS ENDED ACROSS BARTON COUNTY SO WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEED ACROSS THE
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MCPHERSON COUNTY AND
IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...NEVER ATTEMPT TO ACROSS WATER OVER ROADS...BRIDGES OR DIPS
AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A SWOLLEN STREAjM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT..

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AT ONCE UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...

SW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:14 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
KSZ014-061515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
913 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

THERE HAVE BEEN CONFLICTING REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA AT HARTFORD.

SIRENS HAVE SOUNDED AT HARTFORD..BUT THEY MAY BE DUE TO A LIGHTNING HIT
AT THE SIREN.

A TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AT HARTFORD AND RADAR DOES NOT
INDICATED A TORNADO POTENTIAL.

LYON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WEATHER
SPOTTER PEOPLE ARE CHECKING ON THE SITUATION.

PEOPLE IN THE HARTFORD AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LOCAL WEATHER.

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:30 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-061530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
929 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

AT 925AM...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

THE RAIN AREA REACHED FROM HIAWATHA TO ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN
TO WICHITA AND THEN EAST TO THE MISSOURI BORDER. HEAVY RAIN WAS
INDICATED BETWEEN EMPORIA AND OTTAWA...ACROSS LYON...COFFEY...ANDERSON
AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES..INCLUDING THE KANSAS TURNPIKE AND
I-35. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON
FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA.

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WERE REPORTED AT EMPORIA AND AT HARRIS IN NORTHERN
ANDERSON COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN BEGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN EASTCENTRAL KANSAS...PARTICULARLY BETWEEN EMPORIA AND OTTAWA
SHOULD BE ALERT TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES FOR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS TODAY.

AKULOW

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton, Rice52 min
Jul 6, 5:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBarton3 hr
Jul 6, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton46 min
Jul 6, 7:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPSaline3 hr
Jul 6, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDickinson68 min
Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson, Franklin44 min
Jul 6, 9:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey3 hr
Jul 6, 12:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPAnderson2 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.