Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 1993, 5:19 AM CDT for Douglas County, Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 112 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.9
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 101021 FFWTOP KSC045-059-101315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 519 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...DOUGLAS COUNTY...NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING TO THE WEST AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA AROUND DAYBREAK. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. SOILS ARE SATURATED AND FURTHER RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS IN A FEW AREAS. THE RAINS SHOULD DECREASE BY MID MORNING BUT STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 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. KML
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 10, 2:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR LOCATION OF STORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 207 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #629 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR CLAY...CLOUD... OTTAWA...REPUBLIC...WASHINGTON...DICKINSON...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES.. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #630 FOR AM FOR MITCHELL...OSBORNE... BARTON...RICE...ELLSWORTH...RUSSELL...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 155 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA STRONG TUNDERSTORMS IN CLAY COUNT. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS BETWEEN BROUGHTON AND WAKEFIELD OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. THE ENTIRE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED 40 MILES SOUTH OF A CLAY CENTER TO TOPEKA LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 301 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #629 FOR CLOUD...OTTOWA...REPUBLIC... WASHINGTON...DICKINSON...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 300 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE TUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...BUT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 301 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #629 FOR CLOUD...OTTOWA...REPUBLIC... WASHINGTON...DICKINSON...MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 300 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE TUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA. NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...BUT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 355 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 350 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE TUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA...NEAR CLYDE...TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA...NEAR ENTERPRISE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...NEAR CLAY CENTER...AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA...NEAR UPLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RABERDING
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-100955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 355 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT... AT 350 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE TUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA...NEAR CLYDE...TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SALINA...NEAR ENTERPRISE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...NEAR CLAY CENTER...AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINA...NEAR UPLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS. RABERDING
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:43 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-101045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 443 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 435 AM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 TO 50 MILES WIDE WAS CENTERED ON A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR COUNCIL GROVE. THE STRONGEST STORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WERE BETWEEN TOPEKA AND 30 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR WAMEGO AND IN THE LAWRENCE VICINITY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER MELVERN LAKE ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. A FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED UNTIL MID MORNING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE FLOWING AT NEAR OR BANKFULL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEM. THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OR END BY AROUND MID MORNING. FRANTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 55 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.