Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 12:33 PM CDT for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 061736 FFWTOP KSC003-062000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1233 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY AT 1230 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER ANDERSON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 8AM THIS MORNING. WATER COVERS THE ROADS IN MANY PLACES THROUGHOUT ANDERSON COUNTY. HIGHWAY 31 WEST OF GARNETT IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. DAMAGE OF SOME STREETS AND ROADS IN GARNETT WAS REPORTED BY THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF. THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP HEAVY RAINS OVER ANDERSON COUNTY. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD 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. WOYNICK
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, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 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 &
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-061610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1005 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... MARION ...SOUTH CENTRAL... HARVEY KINGMAN RENO SEDGWICK THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... HUTCHINSON NEWTON WICHITA BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZALL-061705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1105 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 601 EXPIRED AT 11 AM AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF KANSAS. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:48 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-061745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1147 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 AT 1145AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD REFORMED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE RAIN WAS IN A 15 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ALMA TO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. OTHER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN TOPEKA... OTTAWA AND EMPORIA. r ALL RAIN AREAS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ANDERSON...COFFEY AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY UNTIL 1245PM. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:22 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-062300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1222 PM CDT TUE JUL 06 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH KANSAS TONIGHT CAUSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO FUEL THE STORMS...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ...ANDERSEN...
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:22 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-062300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1222 PM CDT TUE JUL 06 1993 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH KANSAS TONIGHT CAUSING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO FUEL THE STORMS...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ...ANDERSEN...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 5:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.