Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 5:01 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 071003 FFWCNK KSC123-071200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 501 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...MITCHELL COUNTY AT 5 AM MITCHELL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HWY K-14 JUST NORTH OF BELOIT AND HWY K-24 JUST EAST OF GLEN ELDER UNDER WATER FROM THIS MORNINGS HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH 7 AM WILL AGGREVATE EXISTING HIGH WATER LEVELS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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. 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 7, 3:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 12 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, 4:45 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 445 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR BARTON COUNTY AND UNTIL 515 AM FOR SOUTHERN SMITH AND ALL OF OSBORNE COUNTY.... AT 440 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN BARTON COUNTY WILL AGGRIVATE FLOODING FURTHER...PERSONS ACROSS BARTON COUNTY AS WELL AS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FOR RUNOFF. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED TO HIGHER GROUND AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:45 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-071045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 445 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...THE SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR BARTON COUNTY AND UNTIL 515 AM FOR SOUTHERN SMITH AND ALL OF OSBORNE COUNTY.... AT 440 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN BARTON COUNTY WILL AGGRIVATE FLOODING FURTHER...PERSONS ACROSS BARTON COUNTY AS WELL AS MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS WITH THE SATURATED SOILS FOR RUNOFF. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED TO HIGHER GROUND AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:48 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ014-015-016-071045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 448 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 435 AM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE NEAR FRANKFORT TO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF MANHATTAN TO NEAR JUNCTION CITY. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH WERE IN THE FRANKFORT VICINITY AND ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE THUNDERSTORSM ALONG AN LINE FROM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HIAWATHA TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR WAMEGO BY AROUND 530 AM CDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE ATCHISON... TOPEKA AND EMPORIA VICINITIES BETWEEN 630 AND 730 THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO MID AFTERNOON. GROUNDS ARE SATURATED AND HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY TURN INTO RUNOFF. DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...NEAR SENECA TO TOPEKA 60 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA NEAR BURLINGTON. PERSONS :IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN FOR SEEKING SHELTER. FRANTZ
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, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Barton | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 115 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.