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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Topeka, KS

June 23, 1993Saline County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1993, 6:50 AM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 1993, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1993, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Saline County, KS

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, Jun 23, 4:50 AM CDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-231100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
450 AM CDT WED JUN 23 1993

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 445 AM RADAR SHOWED A 250 MILE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS IN
NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY...TO RUSSELL...TO JUST NORTH OF
SALINA...TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN...NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING IN CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ABILENE. MOVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH.

AS A RESULT OF WIDESPREAD BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND RAIN
THAT CONTINUES TO FALL...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER...IF YOU COME
UPON A FLOODED ROAD DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT...BUT NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
.
BAKER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-231115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
521 AM CDT WED JUN 23 1993

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 520 AM RADAR SHOWED A 250 MILE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS IN
NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY...TO RUSSELL...TO SALINA...TO
20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN...NORTHEASTWARD TO NEBRASKA CITY. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS FALLING IN NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ASH GROVE. MOVEMENT OF THE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

AS A RESULT OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MANY AREAS AND RAIN
THAT CONTINUES TO FALL...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER...IF YOU COME
UPON A FLOODED ROAD DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT...BUT NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
.
BAKER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

KSZ007-008-010-011-231115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
521 AM CDT WED JUN 23 1993

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 520 AM RADAR SHOWED A 250 MILE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS IN
NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY...TO RUSSELL...TO SALINA...TO
20 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN...NORTHEASTWARD TO NEBRASKA CITY. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS FALLING IN NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ASH GROVE. MOVEMENT OF THE
AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

AS A RESULT OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MANY AREAS AND RAIN
THAT CONTINUES TO FALL...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER...IF YOU COME
UPON A FLOODED ROAD DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT...BUT NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
.
BAKER

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

KSZ013-014-015-016-231130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
532 AM CDT WED JUN 23 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 530 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MANHATTAN...NEAR SENECA TO 10 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.  AND SHOULD EXTEND FROM
HIAWATHA TO NEAR COUNCIL GROVE BY 620 AM.

THE STRON4GEST STORMS WERE FROM 10 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN AND
10 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY.  HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS AS PASS.

MG

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:03 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

KSZ013>016-231230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
602 AM CDT WED JUN 23 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 600 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TOPEKA THROUGH MANHATTAN TO SALINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH A TOPEKA TO COUNCIL GROVE LINE BY 7 AM.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR SALINA AND AROUND MANHATTAN. HEAVY HRAIN
...GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 6:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ellsworth, Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 23, 8:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Ottawa, Saline	3 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.