Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 4:14 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 7, 2:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-070845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 248 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ....THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 245 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST SMITH COUNTY IN THE CLAUDELL AND CEDAR AREAS. THESE STORMS HAD WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING EXISTS DUE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER THE AREA IN THE LAST HOUR. PB
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-070845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 248 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ....THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 245 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST SMITH COUNTY IN THE CLAUDELL AND CEDAR AREAS. THESE STORMS HAD WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING EXISTS DUE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER THE AREA IN THE LAST HOUR. PB
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:15 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:16 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-070915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 315 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 311 AM RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED EASTWARD OUT OF RUSSELL COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES OVER THE AREA MAY CAUSE LOW LAND FLOODING. PB
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:49 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-070945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 349 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 345 AM RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CLOUD FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CONCORDIA AREA THROUGH 430 AM CDT. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:49 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-070945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 349 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED... AT 345 AM RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CLOUD FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CONCORDIA AREA THROUGH 430 AM CDT. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osborne, Smith | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 5:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 116 min |
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.